"वच्" meaning in Sanskrit

See वच् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

IPA: /ʋɐt͡ɕ/ [Vedic], /ʋɐt͡ɕ/ [Classical-Sanskrit] Forms: vac [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), Latin vōx (“voice”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”) and Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|sa|inh|ine-pro>*wekʷ->speak|id=say|pos=root}}, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*wekʷ-||to speak}} Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”), {{cog|dum|gewāgen||to speak}} Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), {{cog|la|vōx||voice}} Latin vōx (“voice”), {{cog|grc|ὄψ||voice}} Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”), {{cog|fa|آواز||voice|tr=âvâz}} Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”) Head templates: {{head|sa|root|head=|tr=}} वच् • (vac), {{sa-root}} वच् • (vac)
  1. to say, speak, utter Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-वच्-sa-root-Pv4ypOhd
  2. to proclaim, declare Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-वच्-sa-root-t9xiQQFE Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 24 37 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 28 36 36
  3. to recite Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-वच्-sa-root-sDslcFv0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit roots, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 24 37 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 0 23 49 28 Disambiguation of Sanskrit roots: 0 0 74 26 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 19 57 24 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations: 0 20 56 24
  4. to revile [with accusative] Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-वच्-sa-root-Ok0fgCSu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 24 37 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 28 36 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: उच् (uc), वोच् (voc) (english: from the aorist stem)
Derived forms: Primary Verbal Forms, वक्ति (english: vakti, Present), विवक्ति (vívakti, Present), वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti, Future), वक्ता (vaktā́, Periphrastic Future), अवोचत् (ávocat, Aorist), उच्यात् (ucyāt, Benedictive), उवाच (uvā́ca, Perfect), Secondary Forms, उच्यते (ucyáte) [passive], अवाचि (ávāci, Passive Aorist), वाचयति (vācayati) [causative], अवीवचत् (avīvacat, Causative Aorist), वाच्यते (vācyate, Passive of Causative), विवक्षति (vivakṣati, Desiderative), विवक्ष्यते (vivakṣyate, Passive of Desiderative), वावचीति (vāvacīti, Intensive), Non-Finite Forms, उक्त (uktá, Past Participle), वक्तुम् (váktum, Infinitive), वक्तवे (váktave, Infinitive), वक्तोस् (váktos, Infinitive), उक्त्वा (uktvā, Gerund), वाच्य (vā́cya, Gerundive), वक्तव्य (vaktavyà, Gerundive), वचनीय (vacanīya, Gerundive), वक्त्व (váktva, Gerundive), वाचयितव्य (vācayitavya, Causative Gerundive), विवक्षु (vivakṣu, Desiderative Participle), Derived Nominal Forms, उक्ति (ukti), उक्थ (ukthá), उचथ (ucátha), वक्तृ (vaktṛ́), वक्त्र (vaktra), वक्मन् (vákman), वचन (vácana), वचस् (vácas), वग्नु (vagnú) (english: call, cry, noise, roar), वाक (vāká), वाक्य (vākya), वाच् (vā́c) (english: speech), वाचक (vācaka), वाचन (vācana), वाचयितृ (vācayitṛ), वाचिन् (vācin), विवक्षा (vivakṣā), Prefixed Root Forms, अतिवच् (ativac), अधिवच् (adhivac), अनुवच् (anuvac), अभिवच् (abhivac), आवच् (āvac), उपवच् (upavac), निर्वच् (nirvac), परावच् (parāvac), प्रतिवच् (prativac), प्रवच् (pravac), विवच् (vivac), संवच् (saṃvac)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "vakti, Present",
      "word": "वक्ति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vívakti, Present",
      "word": "विवक्ति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vakṣyáti, Future",
      "word": "वक्ष्यति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vaktā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "वक्ता"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ávocat, Aorist",
      "word": "अवोचत्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ucyāt, Benedictive",
      "word": "उच्यात्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uvā́ca, Perfect",
      "word": "उवाच"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ucyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "उच्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ávāci, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अवाचि"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācayati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "वाचयति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "avīvacat, Causative Aorist",
      "word": "अवीवचत्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācyate, Passive of Causative",
      "word": "वाच्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vivakṣati, Desiderative",
      "word": "विवक्षति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vivakṣyate, Passive of Desiderative",
      "word": "विवक्ष्यते"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vāvacīti, Intensive",
      "word": "वावचीति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uktá, Past Participle",
      "word": "उक्त"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "váktum, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तुम्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "váktave, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तवे"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "váktos, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तोस्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uktvā, Gerund",
      "word": "उक्त्वा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vā́cya, Gerundive",
      "word": "वाच्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vaktavyà, Gerundive",
      "word": "वक्तव्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vacanīya, Gerundive",
      "word": "वचनीय"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "váktva, Gerundive",
      "word": "वक्त्व"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācayitavya, Causative Gerundive",
      "word": "वाचयितव्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vivakṣu, Desiderative Participle",
      "word": "विवक्षु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ukti",
      "word": "उक्ति"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ukthá",
      "word": "उक्थ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ucátha",
      "word": "उचथ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vaktṛ́",
      "word": "वक्तृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vaktra",
      "word": "वक्त्र"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vákman",
      "word": "वक्मन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vácana",
      "word": "वचन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vácas",
      "word": "वचस्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "call, cry, noise, roar",
      "roman": "vagnú",
      "word": "वग्नु"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vāká",
      "word": "वाक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vākya",
      "word": "वाक्य"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "speech",
      "roman": "vā́c",
      "word": "वाच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācaka",
      "word": "वाचक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācana",
      "word": "वाचन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācayitṛ",
      "word": "वाचयितृ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vācin",
      "word": "वाचिन्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vivakṣā",
      "word": "विवक्षा"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ativac",
      "word": "अतिवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "adhivac",
      "word": "अधिवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "anuvac",
      "word": "अनुवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "abhivac",
      "word": "अभिवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "āvac",
      "word": "आवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "upavac",
      "word": "उपवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "nirvac",
      "word": "निर्वच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "parāvac",
      "word": "परावच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "prativac",
      "word": "प्रतिवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pravac",
      "word": "प्रवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vivac",
      "word": "विवच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "saṃvac",
      "word": "संवच्"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "ine-pro>*wekʷ->speak",
        "id": "say",
        "pos": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gewāgen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vōx",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōx (“voice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄψ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "آواز",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice",
        "tr": "âvâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), Latin vōx (“voice”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”) and Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "vac",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "root",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "वच् • (vac)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "वच् • (vac)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "root",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to say, speak, utter"
      ],
      "id": "en-वच्-sa-root-Pv4ypOhd",
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          "say"
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          "speak",
          "speak"
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          "utter"
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          "_dis": "0 28 36 36",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to proclaim, declare"
      ],
      "id": "en-वच्-sa-root-t9xiQQFE",
      "links": [
        [
          "proclaim",
          "proclaim"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ]
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 23 49 28",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "0 19 57 24",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 20 56 24",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recite"
      ],
      "id": "en-वच्-sa-root-sDslcFv0",
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa"
        },
        {
          "english": "They abused me, they reviled me, they defeated me and plundered me.\nHatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:",
          "roman": "3 Ākrośanmāmavocanmāma jayanmāmahāpayat\nAtra ye upanahyante vairaṃ teṣāṃ na śāmyati.",
          "text": "3 ආක්රොශන්මාමවොචන්මාම ජයන්මාමහාපයත්\nඅත්ර යෙ උපනහ්යන්තෙ වෛරං තෙෂාං න ශාම්යති",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to revile"
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revile",
          "revile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to revile [with accusative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɐt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɐt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "uc",
      "word": "उच्"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "from the aorist stem",
      "roman": "voc",
      "word": "वोच्"
    }
  ],
  "word": "वच्"
}
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    "Sanskrit roots",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekʷ-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Primary Verbal Forms"
    },
    {
      "english": "vakti, Present",
      "word": "वक्ति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vívakti, Present",
      "word": "विवक्ति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vakṣyáti, Future",
      "word": "वक्ष्यति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaktā́, Periphrastic Future",
      "word": "वक्ता"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ávocat, Aorist",
      "word": "अवोचत्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ucyāt, Benedictive",
      "word": "उच्यात्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uvā́ca, Perfect",
      "word": "उवाच"
    },
    {
      "word": "Secondary Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ucyáte",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "उच्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ávāci, Passive Aorist",
      "word": "अवाचि"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācayati",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ],
      "word": "वाचयति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "avīvacat, Causative Aorist",
      "word": "अवीवचत्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācyate, Passive of Causative",
      "word": "वाच्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vivakṣati, Desiderative",
      "word": "विवक्षति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vivakṣyate, Passive of Desiderative",
      "word": "विवक्ष्यते"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vāvacīti, Intensive",
      "word": "वावचीति"
    },
    {
      "word": "Non-Finite Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uktá, Past Participle",
      "word": "उक्त"
    },
    {
      "roman": "váktum, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तुम्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "váktave, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तवे"
    },
    {
      "roman": "váktos, Infinitive",
      "word": "वक्तोस्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uktvā, Gerund",
      "word": "उक्त्वा"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vā́cya, Gerundive",
      "word": "वाच्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaktavyà, Gerundive",
      "word": "वक्तव्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vacanīya, Gerundive",
      "word": "वचनीय"
    },
    {
      "roman": "váktva, Gerundive",
      "word": "वक्त्व"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācayitavya, Causative Gerundive",
      "word": "वाचयितव्य"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vivakṣu, Desiderative Participle",
      "word": "विवक्षु"
    },
    {
      "word": "Derived Nominal Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ukti",
      "word": "उक्ति"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ukthá",
      "word": "उक्थ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ucátha",
      "word": "उचथ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaktṛ́",
      "word": "वक्तृ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vaktra",
      "word": "वक्त्र"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vákman",
      "word": "वक्मन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vácana",
      "word": "वचन"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vácas",
      "word": "वचस्"
    },
    {
      "english": "call, cry, noise, roar",
      "roman": "vagnú",
      "word": "वग्नु"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vāká",
      "word": "वाक"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vākya",
      "word": "वाक्य"
    },
    {
      "english": "speech",
      "roman": "vā́c",
      "word": "वाच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācaka",
      "word": "वाचक"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācana",
      "word": "वाचन"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācayitṛ",
      "word": "वाचयितृ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vācin",
      "word": "वाचिन्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vivakṣā",
      "word": "विवक्षा"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prefixed Root Forms"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ativac",
      "word": "अतिवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "adhivac",
      "word": "अधिवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "anuvac",
      "word": "अनुवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abhivac",
      "word": "अभिवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "āvac",
      "word": "आवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "upavac",
      "word": "उपवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nirvac",
      "word": "निर्वच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "parāvac",
      "word": "परावच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prativac",
      "word": "प्रतिवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pravac",
      "word": "प्रवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "vivac",
      "word": "विवच्"
    },
    {
      "roman": "saṃvac",
      "word": "संवच्"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "ine-pro>*wekʷ->speak",
        "id": "say",
        "pos": "root"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gewāgen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vōx",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōx (“voice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄψ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "آواز",
        "3": "",
        "4": "voice",
        "tr": "âvâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Middle Dutch gewāgen (“to speak”), Latin vōx (“voice”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “voice”) and Persian آواز (âvâz, “voice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vac",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "root",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "वच् • (vac)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "वच् • (vac)",
      "name": "sa-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to say, speak, utter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "utter",
          "utter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to proclaim, declare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proclaim",
          "proclaim"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to recite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recite",
          "recite"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for date",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 300 CE, Harivaṃśa"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa"
        },
        {
          "english": "They abused me, they reviled me, they defeated me and plundered me.\nHatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.",
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:",
          "roman": "3 Ākrośanmāmavocanmāma jayanmāmahāpayat\nAtra ye upanahyante vairaṃ teṣāṃ na śāmyati.",
          "text": "3 ආක්රොශන්මාමවොචන්මාම ජයන්මාමහාපයත්\nඅත්ර යෙ උපනහ්යන්තෙ වෛරං තෙෂාං න ශාම්යති",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to revile"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revile",
          "revile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to revile [with accusative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɐt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɐt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "uc",
      "word": "उच्"
    },
    {
      "english": "from the aorist stem",
      "roman": "voc",
      "word": "वोच्"
    }
  ],
  "word": "वच्"
}

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