वाति

See also: वात, वृत, and वृति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါတိ (Burmese script)
• વાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• វាតិ (Khmer script)
• ວາຕິ (Lao script)
• വാതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵାତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වාති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வாதி (Tamil script)
• వాతి (Telugu script)
• วาติ (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwā́ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vāⁱti), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi, “I blow”), Proto-Slavic *vě̀ti (“to blow”), German wehen (“to blow”), Old English wāwan (“to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑ́ː.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.t̪i/

Verb

वाति • (vā́ti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, present, root वा)

1. to blow (as the wind)
2. to procure or bestow anything (acc.) by blowing
3. (transitive) to blow towards or upon
4. to emit an odour, be diffused (as perfume)
5. (transitive) to smell
6. to hurt, injure

Conjugation

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References

Monier Williams (1899) “वाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0934/2.