વાત

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit वृत्ति (vṛtti)

Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā)

Gujarati વાત (vāt)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (vattā), 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (vaṭṭā), from Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā). Doublet of વાર્ત્તા (vārttā, “story, tale”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑt̪
• Hyphenation: વાત

Noun

વાત • (vāt) f

1. talk
2. news
3. matter, affair
4. gossip, rumor
5. secret
6. request, plea
7. plan, arrangement

Declension

Declension of વાત
	singular	plural
nominative	વાત (vāt)	વાતો (vāto)
oblique	વાત (vāt)	વાતો (vāto)
vocative	વાત (vāt)	વાતો (vāto)
instrumental	વાતે (vāte)	વાતોએ (vātoe)
locative	વાતે (vāte)	વાતોએ (vātoe)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vārtta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press