वृत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

वर्त् (vart)

Alternative scripts

ৱৃত্ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
বৃত্ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဝၖတ် (Burmese script)
વૃત્ (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ವೃತ್ (Kannada script)
វ្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
വൃത് (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଵୃତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢮꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
වෘත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
வ்ரித் (Tamil script)
వృత్ (Telugu script)
วฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
ཝྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩t/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩t̪/

Root

वृत् • (vṛt)

to turn, to rotate

Derived terms

अनुवर्तते (anuvártate, “follow, pursue, resemble, obey, assent, respect”)
चक्रवर्तिन् (cakravartin, “whose wheels roll everywhere unobstructed; emperor, sovereign of the world”)
त्रिवर्तु (trivártu, “threefold”)
परिवर्तते (parivártate, “revolve, alternate”)
परिवर्तन (parivartana, “change, exchange, conversion, barter”)
परिवर्तयति (parivartayati, “to invert”)
परिवर्तित (parivartita, “converted, exchanged, removed, revolved”)
परिवृत् (√parivṛt, “turn around, revolve, convert, change”)
प्रवर्तते (pravártate, “to assume (an office), embrace (a duty), to be promoted”)
वर्तते (vártate, “to turn, roll, be, exist”)
वर्तन (vártana, “turn, turning, rotation, spindle, globe”)
वर्तनि (vartaní, “circumference or felly of a wheel; track of a wheel; path”)
वर्तनी (vartanī, “path, way, road; life; spindle”)
वर्तयति (vartáyati)
वर्ति (varti)
वर्तित (vartita, “turned, rolled about”)
वर्तिन् (vartin)
वर्तिस् (vartís, “circuit, orbit, abode, lodging”)
वर्ती (vartī, “wrap, bandage, wick, streak, object rolled round”)
वर्तुल (vartula, “circle, ball, globe”)
वर्त्ति (vártti)
वर्त्मन् (vártman, “wheel rut; path, course, way”)
ववर्त (vavárta)
वावृत्त (vāvṛtta, “chosen, appointed”)
वृत्त (vṛttá)
वृत्ति (vṛtti, “rolling, way of life, state, existing, being in, business, wages, livelihood”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “वृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1009/1.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 164
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 518-519