वष्टि
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Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáṣṭi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wášti, from Proto-Indo-European *wéḱ-ti, from *weḱ- (“to wish, want”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬍 (vaštī), Old Persian 𐎺𐏁𐎴 (vašna, “will, favor”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]वष्टि • (váṣṭi) third-singular present indicative (root वश्, class 2, type P)
- to will, command
- to wish, desire, want; to long
- to assert, affirm
- to subject, bring under one's power
Adjective
[edit]वष्टि • (váṣṭi) stem
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वष्टि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 929.
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weḱ-
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit verbs
- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वश्
- Sanskrit class 2 verbs
- Sanskrit parasmaipada verbs
- Sanskrit verbs in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit adjectives
- Sanskrit adjectives in Devanagari script