वाञ्छ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাঞ্ছ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬜ᭄ᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বাঞ্ছ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰗𑰿𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါဉ္ဆ် (Burmese script)
• વાઞ્છ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਞ੍ਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦚ꧀ꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಞ್ಛ್ (Kannada script)
• វាញ្ឆ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວາຎ຺ຉ຺ (Lao script)
• വാഞ്ഛ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘗𑘿𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᡛᠼ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦷𑧠𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐘𑑂𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵାଞ୍ଛ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢛ꣄ꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆚𑇀𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖗𑖿𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වාඤ්‍ඡ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩥 𑪙𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚓𑚶𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
• வாஞ்ச்² (Tamil script)
• వాఞ్ఛ్ (Telugu script)
• วาญฺฉฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ཉྪ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒘𑓂𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨓𑩇𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an *-sk- extension of Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with English wish.

Pronunciation

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

Root

वाञ्छ् • (vāñch)

1. to wish, desire

Derived terms

• वांछति (vāṃchati)

 

Related terms

• वन् (van)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाञ्छ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0938.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वाञ्छ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 158
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “वाञ्छ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 682
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1146”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1146