वे

See also: ब, ॿ, व, वृ, and -व

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi वे (ve), वै (vai), from Apabhramsa ओइ (oi), perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit *अव (ava), attested in अवोष् (avoṣ), अवोर् (avor, “of you both”, gen. du.), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *avá. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬬𐬀 (ava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

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  • Homophones: वह (vah), वो (vo)

Pronoun

वे • (ve) m pl or f pl by sense (Urdu spelling وے) (demonstrative)

1. direct plural of वह (vah); they, those, he (honorific), she (honorific)

   वे अच्छे लोग हैं। ― ve acche log ha͠i. ― They are good people.

   उन मकानों में छह कमरे हैं।

   un makānõ mẽ chah kamre ha͠i.

   In those houses there are six rooms.

See also

• इन (in) (near reference)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वे”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “वे”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Noun

वे

1. Devanagari script form of ve, which is locative singular of व (va, “letter 'v'”)

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́j/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋeː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- ~ *uh₁y- (“to weave”). Related to Latin vieō (“weave”), Proto-Celtic *winati, and Proto-Slavic *vìti. In the case of वयति (váyati), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wey- (“to weave”), related to Lithuanian áusti. Etymologically related to present tense व्ययति (vyáyati, “winds, wraps”), though this is assigned to the root व्ये (vye).

Alternative forms

• ऊय् (ūy), वि (vi), वा (vā), उ (u)

Root

वे • (ve)

1. to weave

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वे (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वे (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वयति (váyati) (Present)
• वयिष्यति (vayiṣyáti) (Future)
• वास्यति (vāsyáti) (Future)
• वाता (vātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अवासीत् (ávāsīt) (Aorist)
• ऊयात् (ūyāt) (Benedictive)
• ववौ (vaváu) (Perfect)
• उवाय (uvā́ya) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• ऊयते (ūyáte) (Passive)
• अवायि (ávāyi) (Passive Aorist)
• वाययति (vāyáyati) (Causative)
• विवासति (vivāsati) (Desiderative)
• वावायते (vāvāyate) (Intensive)
• वावेति (vāveti) (Intensive)
• वावाति (vāvāti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• उत (utá) (Past Participle)
• ऊत (ūtá) (Past Participle)
• ओतुम् (ótum) (Infinitive)
• ओतवे (ótave) (Infinitive)
• ओतवै (ótavái) (Infinitive)
• वातवे (vā́tave) (Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वाय (vāya)
• वायक (vāyaka)
• वयन (vayana)
• वान (vāna)
• वयुन (vayúna)
• ऊति (ūti)
• ओतु (ótu)
• वातव्य (vātavya)
• वयितृ (vayitṛ)
• वेणी (veṇī)
• वेम (vema)
• वेमन् (veman)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अपवे (apave)
• आवे (āve)
• उद्वे (udve)
• उपवे (upave)
• परिवे (parive)
• प्रवे (prave)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Noun

वे • (vé)

1. vocative singular of वि (ví, “bird”)