"वाच्" meaning in Sanskrit

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Proper name

IPA: /ʋɑ́ːt͡ɕ/ [Vedic], /ʋɑːt͡ɕ/ [Classical]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Latin vōx, Persian آواز (âvâz), English voice (via Latin and Old French). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*wā́kš||speech, voice}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*wṓkʷs||speech, voice}} Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), {{m|ine-pro|*wekʷ-||to speak}} *wekʷ- (“to speak”), {{cog|ae|𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱}} Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), {{cog|grc|ὄψ}} Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), {{cog|la|vōx}} Latin vōx, {{cog|fa|آواز|tr=âvâz}} Persian آواز (âvâz), {{cog|en|voice}} English voice Head templates: {{sa-proper noun|g=f}} वाच् • (vāc) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|vā́c}} Forms: vāc [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], वाक् [nominative, singular], वाचौ [dual, nominative], वाचा1 [dual, nominative], वाचः [nominative, plural], वाक् [singular, vocative], वाचौ [dual, vocative], वाचा1 [dual, vocative], वाचः [plural, vocative], वाचम् [accusative, singular], वाचौ [accusative, dual], वाचा1 [accusative, dual], वाचः [accusative, plural], वाचा [instrumental, singular], वाग्भ्याम् [dual, instrumental], वाग्भिः [instrumental, plural], वाचे [dative, singular], वाग्भ्याम् [dative, dual], वाग्भ्यः [dative, plural], वाचः [ablative, singular], वाग्भ्याम् [ablative, dual], वाग्भ्यः [ablative, plural], वाचः [genitive, singular], वाचोः [dual, genitive], वाचाम् [genitive, plural], वाचि [locative, singular], वाचोः [dual, locative], वाक्षु [locative, plural]
  1. Speech personified as the goddess of speech Vāc Categories (topical): Gods
    Sense id: en-वाच्-sa-name-s5bSNL0p Disambiguation of Gods: 66 11 23

Noun

IPA: /ʋɑ́ːt͡ɕ/ [Vedic], /ʋɑːt͡ɕ/ [Classical] Forms: vā́c [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Latin vōx, Persian آواز (âvâz), English voice (via Latin and Old French). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*wā́kš||speech, voice}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*wṓkʷs||speech, voice}} Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), {{m|ine-pro|*wekʷ-||to speak}} *wekʷ- (“to speak”), {{cog|ae|𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱}} Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), {{cog|grc|ὄψ}} Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), {{cog|la|vōx}} Latin vōx, {{cog|fa|آواز|tr=âvâz}} Persian آواز (âvâz), {{cog|en|voice}} English voice Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=vā́c}} वाच् • (vā́c) stem, f
  1. speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
    Sense id: en-वाच्-sa-noun-P0jF3JX4 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit entries with topic categories using raw markup, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 22 49 29 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 49 32 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 51 29
  2. a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration
    Sense id: en-वाच्-sa-noun-1SM120dh

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for वाच् meaning in Sanskrit (9.2kB)

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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōx",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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          ],
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.76.1",
          "roman": "Borne on your chariot, Aśvins, turn you hither and come unto our full and rich libation.",
          "text": "आ भात्यग्निरुषसामनीकमुद्विप्राणां देवया वाचो अस्थुः ।\nअर्वाञ्चा नूनं रथ्येह यातं पीपिवांसमश्विना घर्ममच्छ ॥\nā bhātyagniruṣasāmanīkamudviprāṇāṃ devayā vāco asthuḥ .\narvāñcā nūnaṃ rathyeha yātaṃ pīpivāṃsamaśvinā gharmamaccha .\nAgni, the bright face of the Dawns, is shining; the singers' pious voices have ascended."
        },
        {
          "english": "to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call",
          "text": "वाचम् (vācam)-√ṛ, √īr or √iṣ"
        }
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    {
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        {
          "english": "to speak words",
          "text": "वाचं (vācaṃ)-√vad"
        },
        {
          "english": "to utter words",
          "text": "वाचं व्या (vācaṃ vyā)-√hṛ"
        },
        {
          "english": "to address words to",
          "text": "वाचं (vācaṃ)-√dā +dative"
        },
        {
          "english": "to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth",
          "text": "वाचा सत्यं (vācā satyaṃ)-√kṛ"
        }
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          "statement",
          "statement"
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          "asseveration"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ʋɑ́ːt͡ɕ/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɑːt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    }
  ],
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}

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      "args": {
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      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "root-stem",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "वाक्",
      "roman": "vā́k",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
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      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vā́caḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचम्",
      "roman": "vā́cam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
      "roman": "vā́cau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vā́caḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा",
      "roman": "vācā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्याम्",
      "roman": "vāgbhyā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भिः",
      "roman": "vāgbhíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचे",
      "roman": "vācé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्याम्",
      "roman": "vāgbhyā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्यः",
      "roman": "vāgbhyáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "वाक्षु",
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    }
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  "pos": "name",
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          "_dis": "66 11 23",
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}
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        "2": "𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄψ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vōx"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōx",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "آواز",
        "tr": "âvâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian آواز (âvâz)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "voice"
      },
      "expansion": "English voice",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Latin vōx, Persian آواز (âvâz), English voice (via Latin and Old French).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vā́c",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "vā́c"
      },
      "expansion": "वाच् • (vā́c) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.76.1",
          "roman": "Borne on your chariot, Aśvins, turn you hither and come unto our full and rich libation.",
          "text": "आ भात्यग्निरुषसामनीकमुद्विप्राणां देवया वाचो अस्थुः ।\nअर्वाञ्चा नूनं रथ्येह यातं पीपिवांसमश्विना घर्ममच्छ ॥\nā bhātyagniruṣasāmanīkamudviprāṇāṃ devayā vāco asthuḥ .\narvāñcā nūnaṃ rathyeha yātaṃ pīpivāṃsamaśvinā gharmamaccha .\nAgni, the bright face of the Dawns, is shining; the singers' pious voices have ascended."
        },
        {
          "english": "to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call",
          "text": "वाचम् (vācam)-√ṛ, √īr or √iṣ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to speak words",
          "text": "वाचं (vācaṃ)-√vad"
        },
        {
          "english": "to utter words",
          "text": "वाचं व्या (vācaṃ vyā)-√hṛ"
        },
        {
          "english": "to address words to",
          "text": "वाचं (vācaṃ)-√dā +dative"
        },
        {
          "english": "to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth",
          "text": "वाचा सत्यं (vācā satyaṃ)-√kṛ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "saying",
          "saying"
        ],
        [
          "phrase",
          "phrase"
        ],
        [
          "sentence",
          "sentence"
        ],
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "asseveration",
          "asseveration"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɑ́ːt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɑːt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "वाच्"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit proper nouns",
    "Sanskrit proper nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit root-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "sa:Gods"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*wā́kš",
        "4": "",
        "5": "speech, voice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wṓkʷs",
        "4": "",
        "5": "speech, voice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*wekʷ-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to speak"
      },
      "expansion": "*wekʷ- (“to speak”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄψ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vōx"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōx",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "آواز",
        "tr": "âvâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian آواز (âvâz)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "voice"
      },
      "expansion": "English voice",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (“speech, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬑𐬱 (vāxš), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Latin vōx, Persian آواز (âvâz), English voice (via Latin and Old French).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vāc",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "root-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाक्",
      "roman": "vā́k",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
      "roman": "vā́cau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vā́caḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाक्",
      "roman": "vā́k",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
      "roman": "vā́cau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vā́caḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचम्",
      "roman": "vā́cam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचौ",
      "roman": "vā́cau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा1",
      "roman": "vā́cā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vā́caḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचा",
      "roman": "vācā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्याम्",
      "roman": "vāgbhyā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भिः",
      "roman": "vāgbhíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचे",
      "roman": "vācé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्याम्",
      "roman": "vāgbhyā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्यः",
      "roman": "vāgbhyáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vācáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्याम्",
      "roman": "vāgbhyā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाग्भ्यः",
      "roman": "vāgbhyáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचः",
      "roman": "vācáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचोः",
      "roman": "vācóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचाम्",
      "roman": "vācā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचि",
      "roman": "vācí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाचोः",
      "roman": "vācóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "वाक्षु",
      "roman": "vākṣú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "वाच् • (vāc) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vā́c"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Speech personified as the goddess of speech Vāc"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Vāc",
          "Vāc"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɑ́ːt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʋɑːt͡ɕ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "वाच्"
}

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