Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
वा
open
वा
or
Platts (p. 1171) also records: Or (i.q. athwā)
Śabdasāgara also records: विकल्प या संदेहवाचक शब्द । या । अथवा
Cited formation "वा" is व + -आ: व means "and", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "वा" is व + -आ: व means "and", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian وا (wā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वा (vā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vā f. going
hurting
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or (excluded, like the Lat. ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only m.c. preceding, the word to which it refers), &c. &c. (ofte…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vā" is the instrumental of "ū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vā" is the feminine form of "va" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "vā" is the nominative of "veman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vā" is the instrumental of "u" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vā f. going
hurting
an arrow
weaving
1. vā ind. or (excluded, like the Lat. ve, from the first place in a sentence, and generally immediately following, rarely and only m.c. preceding, the word to which it refers), RV. &c. &c. (often used in disjunctive sentences; vā-vā, ‘either’ — ‘or’, ‘on the one side’ — ‘on the other’; na vā — vā or na — vā, ‘neither’ — ‘nor’; vā na-vā, ‘either not’ — ‘or’; yadi vā-vā, ‘whether’ — ‘or’; in a sentence containing more than two members vā is nearly always repeated, although if a negative is in the first clause it need not be so repeated; vā is sometimes interchangeable with ca and api, and is frequently combined with other particles, esp. with atha, atho, uta, kim, yad, yadi, q.v. [e.g. atha vā, ‘or else’]; it is also sometimes used as an expletive)
1. ū the sixth letter of the alphabet (corresponding to u long, and having the sound of that letter in the word rule).
2. ū ind. an interjection of calling to
1. va the 3rd semivowel (corresponding to the vowels u and ū, and having the sound of the English v, except when forming the last member of a conjunct consonant, in which case it is pronounced like w; it is often confounded and interchanged with the labial consonant b).
2. va m. (only L.) air, wind
veman n. (L. also m.) a loom, VS.
a slay, TBr., Sch.
1. u the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the u in full.
2. u ind. an interjection of compassion, anger, L.
1. van cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xiii, 19; 20; xix, 42) vanati (Ved. also ˚te, and vanati); cl. 8. P. Ā. (xxx, 8) vanoti, vanute (pf. vāvāna, vāvantha, vavanma, vavne; p. vavanvas, RV.; aor. vanta, vaṃsva, ib.; vaṃsat, ˚sate, ib.; vaniṣat, AV.; ˚ṣanta, TS.; vanuṣanta, RV.; Pot. vaṃsīmahi, vasīmahi, ib.; Prec. vaniṣīṣṭa, RV. vaṃsiṣīya, AV.; fut. vanitā Gr.; vaniṣyate, ŚāṅkhŚr.; inf. vanitum Gr.; -vantave, RV.), to like, love, wish, desire, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Kāṭh.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; to gain, acquire, procure (for one's self or others), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; to conquer, win, become master of, possess, RV.; AV.; to prepare, make ready for, aim at, attack, RV.; to hurt, injure, MW. (Dhātup. also ‘to sound’; ‘to serve, honour, worship, help, aid’) : Caus. vanayati or vānayati, Dhātup. xix, 68; xxxix, 33 v.l. (cf. saṃ-√ van) : Desid. vivāsati, ˚te, to attract, seek to win over, RV. : Intens. (only vāvanaḥ and vāvandhi; but cf. vanīvan) to love, like, RV.
van [cf. Lat. venia, Venus; Got. gawinnan; Germ. gewinnen; Eng. to win.]
1. vṛ cl. 5. 9. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvii, 8; xxxi, 16, 20; xxxiv, 8) vṛṇoti, vṛṇute; vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte; varati, varate (mostly cl. 5. and with the prep. apa or vi; of cl. 9. only avṛṇīdhvam, AV. vi, 7, 3; cl. 1. only in RV. [cf. also √ ūrṇu]; pf. vavāra, vavre, RV. &c. &c. [2. sg. vavartha, RV.; vavaritha, vavṛma &c. Gr.; p. vavrivas gen. vavavruṣas, RV.]; aor. avar or āvar, avṛta, RV. [1. sg. vam, 2. du. vartam, 3. pl. avran, p. Ā. vrāṇa, q.v. Impv. vṛdhi, ib.]; avārīt, Br.; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Subj. varṣathas, RV.; Pot. vriyāt, vūryāt, variṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. varītā or varitā, varīṣyati or variṣyati, ib. ; inf. vartum, MBh., varitum, Bhaṭṭ., varītum, Sāh.; ind.p. vṛtvā, RV.; AV.; Br.; vṛtvī, RV.; vṛtvāya, Br.; -vṛtya, AV.), to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct, RV. &c. &c.; to close (a door), AitBr.; to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain, RV.; AV.; Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. vriyate (aor. avāri), to be covered or surrounded or obstructed or hindered, RV.; MBh. : Caus. vārayati, ˚te (aor. avīvarat, avīvarata, AV.; avāvarīt, RV.; Pass. vāryate, MBh. &c.), to cover, conceal, hide, keep back, hold captive, RV. &c. &c.; to stop, check, restrain, suppress, hinder, prevent from (abl. or inf.; rarely two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to exclude, Siddh.; to prohibit, forbid, MBh.; to withhold, R.; Kathās. &c.: Desid. of Caus. vivārayiṣate, Br. : Desid. vivarīṣati or vivariṣati, vuvūrṣati, ˚te Gr.: Intens. vevrīyate, vovūryate, varvarti, ib.
vṛ [cf. Goth. warjan; Germ. wehren, Wehr; Eng. weir.]
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