वण्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

बण्ट् (baṇṭ)

Alternative scripts

ৱণ্ট্ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬡ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
বণ্ট্ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰜𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဝဏ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
વણ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
ਵਣ੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌣𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦟ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂝𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ವಣ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
វណ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
ວຓ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
വണ്ട് (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᢏᢞ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘜𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢏᢌ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑦼𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐞𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
ଵଣ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
ꢮꢠ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆟𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖜𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
වණ‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩪 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚘𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
வண்ட் (Tamil script)
వణ్ట్ (Telugu script)
วณฺฏฺ (Thai script)
ཝ་ཎྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒝𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨘𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Attempts to connect the root to Dravidian have been unsuccessful. There is a vague similarity with Chinese 頒／颁 (bān, “to confer”) and/or 分 (fēn, “to divide, distribute”). Considering the root is only attested in Classical onwards, this word was possibly borrowed from Sinitic merchants from Southern China who pronounced the word/s closer to van or ven. The ट् is problematic, however; it is perhaps an ad hoc addition to differentiate from वनोति (vanoti, meaning “to desire, love or wish for”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳʈ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɳʈ/

Root

वण्ट् • (vaṇṭ)

to partition, apportion, share, divide

Derived terms

वण्टति (vaṇṭati)
वण्टयति (vaṇṭayati)
वण्टापयति (vaṇṭāpayati)
वण्ट्यते (vaṇṭyate)
वण्ट्यमान (vaṇṭyamāna)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वण्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 454
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 131