As a Hindi name
वाच्य · adj
कहने योग्य । जो कथन में आवे · शब्द- संकेत द्वारा जिसका बोध हो । अभिवा द्वारा जिसका बोध हो । अभिधेय · जिसे लोग भला बुरा कहें । कुत्सित । हीन — Śabdasāgara
वाच्य · noun · masculine
अभिधेयार्थ । वाच्यार्थ । शब्दयोजना से प्राप्त अर्थ । व्यंग्य का उलटा । विशेष दे॰ 'वाच्यार्थ' · प्रतिपादन — Śabdasāgara
वाच्य · vāćya · adj.
To be spoken or said, fit or proper to be said — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1173
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of; &c. ( impers. it is to be spoken or said &c.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "vācya" is derived from "vāc" with the ñyaṅ/ñyaṭ/yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
1. vācya Nom. P. ˚yati, fr. vāc, Pāṇ. i, 4, 15, Sch.
2. vācya mfn. to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (n. impers. it is to be spoken or said &c.)
Dictionary citations
1. vācya Nom. P. ˚yati, fr. vāc, Pāṇ. i, 4, 15, Sch.
2. vācya mfn. to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (n. impers. it is to be spoken or said &c.)
to be addressed or spoken to about anything (acc. or nom. with iti), Mn.; Hariv.; Kāv. &c.
to be directed that (with yathā), MBh.
to be told about (= still untold), KātyŚr.
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
Alternative readings
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