वोळ्हृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• वोढृ (vóḍhṛ, voḍhṛ́)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáẓḍʰā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáždʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtōr (“bearer, carrier”), from *weǵʰ- (“to carry, to transport”). Cognate with Latin vector (“bearer, carrier”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐw.ɭ̆ʱŕ̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoː.ɭ̆ʱr̩/

Noun

वोळ्हृ • (voḷhṛ́) stem, m

1. (Rigvedic) one who bears or carries; a draft horse
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.96.15:

     एष स्य सोमो मतिभिः पुनानोऽत्यो न वाजी तरतीदरातीः ।
     पयो न दुग्धमदितेरिषिरमुर्विव गातुः सुयमो न वोळ्हा ॥

     eṣa sya somo matibhiḥ punānoʼtyo na vājī taratīdarātīḥ .
     payo na dugdhamaditeriṣiramurviva gātuḥ suyamo na voḷhā .

     Purified with our holy hymns, this Soma overtakes malignities like a strong charger,
     Like fresh milk poured by Aditi, like passage in ample room, or like a docile car-horse.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of वोळ्हृ (voḷhṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वोळ्हा voḷhā́	वोळ्हारौ / वोळ्हारा¹ voḷhā́rau / voḷhā́rā¹	वोळ्हारः voḷhā́raḥ
Vocative	वोळ्हः vóḷhaḥ	वोळ्हारौ / वोळ्हारा¹ vóḷhārau / vóḷhārā¹	वोळ्हारः vóḷhāraḥ
Accusative	वोळ्हारम् voḷhā́ram	वोळ्हारौ / वोळ्हारा¹ voḷhā́rau / voḷhā́rā¹	वोळ्हॄन् voḷhṝ́n
Instrumental	वोढ्रा voḍhrā́	वोळ्हृभ्याम् voḷhṛ́bhyām	वोळ्हृभिः voḷhṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	वोढ्रे voḍhré	वोळ्हृभ्याम् voḷhṛ́bhyām	वोळ्हृभ्यः voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	वोळ्हुः voḷhúḥ	वोळ्हृभ्याम् voḷhṛ́bhyām	वोळ्हृभ्यः voḷhṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	वोळ्हुः voḷhúḥ	वोढ्रोः voḍhróḥ	वोळ्हॄणाम् voḷhṝṇā́m
Locative	वोळ्हरि voḷhári	वोढ्रोः voḍhróḥ	वोळ्हृषु voḷhṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic