वस्ते

See also: वस्तु, वस्तू, वसति, and वास्तु

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wástay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wástay, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬉 (vastē), 𐬬𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vaŋhaⁱti), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi), ἐνδύομαι (endúomai), Tocharian B wäs-, Latin vestis, Albanian vesh, Old English werian (whence English wear).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́s.tɐj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐs̪.t̪eː/

Verb

वस्ते • (váste) third-singular present indicative (root वस्, class 2, type A)

1. to put on, invest, wear (clothes etc.)
2. to assume (a form etc.)
3. to enter into

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वस्ते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932, column 2.