वम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝမ် (Burmese script)
• વમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಮ್ (Kannada script)
• វម៑ (Khmer script)
• ວມ຺ (Lao script)
• വമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• வம் (Tamil script)
• వమ్ (Telugu script)
• วมฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐm/

Root

वम् • (vam)

1. to vomit

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वम् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वम् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वमति (vamati) (Present)
• वमिति (vámiti) (Present)
• वमिष्यति (vamiṣyáti) (Future)
• वमिता (vamitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अवान् (ávān) (Aorist)
• अवमीत् (ávamīt) (Aorist)
• ववाम (vavā́ma) (Perfect)
• उवाम (uvā́ma) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वम्यते (vamyáte) (Passive)
• अवामि (ávāmi) (Passive Aorist)
• वामयति (vāmáyati) (Causative)
• वमयति (vamáyati) (Causative)
• अवीवमत् (ávīvamat) (Causative Aorist)
• विवमिषति (vivamiṣati) (Desiderative)
• वंवम्यते (vaṃvamyate) (Intensive)
• वंवन्ति (vaṃvanti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• वान्त (vāntá) (Past Participle)
• वमितुम् (vamitum) (Infinitive)
• वमित्वा (vamitvā́) (Gerund)
• वमितव्य (vamitavya) (Gerundive)
• वमनीय (vamanīya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वमथु (vamathu)
• वमन (vamana, “vomiting”)
• वमि (vami)
• वामिन् (vāmin)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अभिवम् (abhivam)
• उद्वम् (udvam)
• निर्वम् (nirvam)
• परावम् (parāvam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 154
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAM^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 506-7