वाक्य

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːk.jᵊ/, [ʋäːk.jᵊ]

Noun edit

वाक्य • (vākya) m (Urdu spelling واکیہ)

sentence
Synonym: जुमला (jumlā)

इस वाक्य को सही करो। ― is vākya ko sahī karo. ― Correct this sentence.

मैं यह वाक्यों को नहीं पढ़ सकता हूँ।
ma͠i yah vākyõ ko nahī̃ paṛh saktā hū̃.
I cannot read these sentences.
(linguistics) clause (वाक्यखंड (vākyakhaṇḍ))

Declension edit

Declension of वाक्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वाक्य vākya	वाक्य vākya
oblique	वाक्य vākya	वाक्यों vākyõ
vocative	वाक्य vākya	वाक्यो vākyo

Derived terms edit

वाक्यविज्ञान (vākyavijñān)
वाक्यरचना (vākyaracnā)

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाक्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi edit

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

वाक्य

Wikipedia ^mr

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).

Noun edit

वाक्य • (vākya) n

sentence

References edit

Berntsen, Maxine, “वाक्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाक्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वाक्य”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [wäkke], [bäkke]
Phonetic Devanagari: वाक्के, or बाक्के

Noun edit

वाक्य • (wākya)

sentence
यो शब्दलाई वाक्यमा प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।
yo śabdalāī wākyamā prayog garnuhos.
Use this word to make a sentence.

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

vākya (Latin script)
𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ৰাক্য (Bengali script)
වාක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
ဝါကျ or ဝႃၵျ (Burmese script)
วากฺย or วากยะ (Thai script)
ᩅᩤᨠ᩠ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
ວາກ຺ຍ or ວາກຍະ or ວາກຢະ (Lao script)
វាក្យ (Khmer script)
𑅇𑄂𑄇𑄳𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun edit

वाक्य n

Devanagari script form of vākya

Declension edit

Declension table of "वाक्य" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वाक्यं (vākyaṃ)	वाक्यानि (vākyāni)
Accusative (second)	वाक्यं (vākyaṃ)	वाक्यानि (vākyāni)
Instrumental (third)	वाक्येन (vākyena)	वाक्येहि (vākyehi) or वाक्येभि (vākyebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वाक्यस्स (vākyassa) or वाक्याय (vākyāya) or वाक्यत्थं (vākyatthaṃ)	वाक्यानं (vākyānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वाक्यस्मा (vākyasmā) or वाक्यम्हा (vākyamhā) or वाक्या (vākyā)	वाक्येहि (vākyehi) or वाक्येभि (vākyebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वाक्यस्स (vākyassa)	वाक्यानं (vākyānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वाक्यस्मिं (vākyasmiṃ) or वाक्यम्हि (vākyamhi) or वाक्ये (vākye)	वाक्येसु (vākyesu)
Vocative (calling)	वाक्य (vākya)	वाक्यानि (vākyāni)

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

ৱাক্য (Assamese script)
ᬯᬵᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
বাক্য (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰯𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ဝါကျ (Burmese script)
વાક્ય (Gujarati script)
ਵਾਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦴꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ವಾಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
វាក្យ (Khmer script)
ວາກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
വാക്യ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢗᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧑𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ଵାକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢮꢵꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆳𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖯𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
වාක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚭𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
வாக்ய (Tamil script)
వాక్య (Telugu script)
วากฺย (Thai script)
ཝཱ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒰𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Vrddhi derivative of वच् (vac) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːk.jɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑːk.jɐ/

Noun edit

वाक्य • (vākya) stem, n

speech, saying, assertion, statement, command, words
(law) a declaration, legal evidence
an express declaration or statement
betrothment
(grammar) a sentence, period
a mode of expression
a periphrastic mode of expression
a rule, precept, aphorism
a disputation
(logic) an argument, syllogism or member of a syllogism
the singing of birds
(astronomy) the solar process in computations

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of वाक्य (vākya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाक्यम् vākyam	वाक्ये vākye	वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹
Vocative	वाक्य vākya	वाक्ये vākye	वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹
Accusative	वाक्यम् vākyam	वाक्ये vākye	वाक्यानि / वाक्या¹ vākyāni / vākyā¹
Instrumental	वाक्येन vākyena	वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām	वाक्यैः / वाक्येभिः¹ vākyaiḥ / vākyebhiḥ¹
Dative	वाक्याय vākyāya	वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām	वाक्येभ्यः vākyebhyaḥ
Ablative	वाक्यात् vākyāt	वाक्याभ्याम् vākyābhyām	वाक्येभ्यः vākyebhyaḥ
Genitive	वाक्यस्य vākyasya	वाक्ययोः vākyayoḥ	वाक्यानाम् vākyānām
Locative	वाक्ये vākye	वाक्ययोः vākyayoḥ	वाक्येषु vākyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

Descendants

Pali: vākya
- → Burmese: ဝါကျ (wa-kya.)
- → Khmer: ពាក្យ (piək), វាក្យ (viəkyaʼ)
- → Lao: ພາກ (phāk)
- → Thai: พากย์ (pâak)
→ Gujarati: વાક્ય (vākya)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: वाक्य (vākya)

Urdu: واکیہ (vākya)
→ Kannada: ವಾಕ್ಯ (vākya)
→ Old Marathi:
Devanagari script: वाइक्य (vāikya), वाक्य (vākya)

Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘧 (vāīkya), 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘧 (vākya)
- → Marathi: वाक्य (vākya)
→ Nepali: वाक्य (wākya)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਕ (vāk)

Shahmukhi script: واکیہ (vāk)
⇒ Telugu: వాక్యము (vākyamu)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “वाक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 936, column 2.