वाम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বাম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါမ် (Burmese script)
- વામ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಮ್ (Kannada script)
- វាម៑ (Khmer script)
- ວາມ຺ (Lao script)
- വാമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵାମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වාම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- வாம் (Tamil script)
- వామ్ (Telugu script)
- วามฺ (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waH, from Proto-Indo-European *woh₁ (“you two”, acc./dat./gen.). Compare Proto-Slavic *vȃ (“you two”).
It is possible that वा (vā) in Rigveda 4.41.2 means "of you two" (it has also been interpreted as "or"), but instead of being an archaism, it might also have lost its -m because the next word starts with m-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
Pronoun
वाम् • (vām)
- enclitic accusative/dative/genitive dual of युष्मद् (yuṣmad): "(of/to) you two"
Etymology 2
Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáH, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁ (“we two”). Compare Old Avestan 𐬬𐬁 (vā) and Proto-Slavic *vě.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɑ́ːm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɑːm/
Pronoun
वाम् • (vā́m) (Rigvedic)
- nominative dual of अस्मद् (asmad): "we two"
Usage notes
Only occurs in Rigveda 6.55.1, later आवम् (āvám) and आवाम् (āvā́m) are used.
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वाम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 941, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 543