वयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱয়তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বয়তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝယတိ (Burmese script)
• વયતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• វយតិ (Khmer script)
• ວຍຕິ (Lao script)
• വയതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වයති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வயதி (Tamil script)
• వయతి (Telugu script)
• วยติ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHyati, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁y-e-ti, from *weh₁y- (“to weave”). Cognate with Latin vieō (“to twist, plait, weave”), Russian вить (vitʹ, “to wind, twist, weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

वयति • (váyati) third-singular present indicative (root वे, class 1)

1. to spin, weave

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Domaaki: [script needed] (bu)
  • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
  • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
  • Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
  • Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (wayek)
  • Kashmiri: وُونُن (vuvnun)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ވިޔަން (viyan̊)
  • Sinhalese: වියනවා (wiyanawā)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
• Pali: vāyati

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “váyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press