# वात
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वात (vāta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑːt̪/, [ʋäːt̪]

### Noun

वात • (vāt) m
* wind, air
* wind as a bodily humour
* rheumatism, gout

#### Declension
## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

From Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā).

### Noun

वात • (vāta)
* story, matter, affair

#### Alternative forms

* वत्त (vatta)

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: વાત (vāt)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vāta (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ৰাত (Bengali script)
* වාත (Sinhalese script)
* ဝါတ or ဝႃတ (Burmese script)
* วาต or วาตะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩤᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ວາຕ or ວາຕະ (Lao script)
* វាត (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄂𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Noun

वात m
* Devanagari script form of vāta

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱাত (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
* বাত (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါတ (Burmese script)
* વાત (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾತ (Kannada script)
* វាត (Khmer script)
* ວາຕ (Lao script)
* വാത (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଵାତ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
* වාත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
* வாத (Tamil script)
* వాత (Telugu script)
* วาต (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas (“wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁-n̥t-os (“wind”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (vāta), Persian باد (bâd), Ancient Greek ἀείς (aeís), Latin ventus, English wind.

#### Pronunciation

* (Early Rigvedic): IPA: /ʋɐ́.ɐ.tɐ/
* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑ́ː.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɑː.t̪ɐ/

#### Noun

वात • (vā́ta) stem, m
* wind, air
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.7:यथा वातः पुष्करिणीं समिङ्गयति सर्वतः। एवा ते गर्भ एजतु निरैतु दशमास्यः ॥yathā vātaḥ puṣkariṇīṃ samiṅgayati sarvataḥ. evā te garbha ejatu niraitu daśamāsyaḥ.Move the unborn baby inside you just like the wind on every side ruffles a pool of lotuses, So that the ten-month baby may be born.
* wind-god
* wind emitted from the body
* wind or air as one of the humours of the body
* morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

##### Derived terms

* वातापि (vātāpi)
** Old Kannada: ವಾತಾಪಿ (vātāpi)
*** Kannada: ಬಾದಾಮಿ (bādāmi)
**** English: Badami (“a city in Karnataka”)
* वातर (vātara)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: वारो (vāro) or Kodiali Konkani: वारे (vāre)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: वारा (vārā), वारें (vāreṃ)
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘰 (vārā), 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (vāreṃ)
**** Marathi: वारा (vārā)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Sindhi: varāiṇu
    Devanagari script: वराइणु
    Arabic script: وَرَائِڻُ
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gujarati: વાયરો (vāyaro)
* वातुल (vātula)
** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
*** Assamese: বাউল (baul)
*** Bengali: বাউল (baul)
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀮 (vāula)
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: बावला (bāvlā)
    Urdu: باؤلا (bāvlā)
**** ⇒ Marathi: बावळट (bāvḷaṭ)
** → Hindi: वातुल (vātul)
** → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: वातळ (vātaḷa), वातुळ (vātuḷa)
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘯 (vātaḷa), 𑘪𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘯 (vātuḷa)
*** → Marathi: वातूळ (vātūḷ)
* [Term?]
** Romani: balval

##### Descendants

* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ވައި (vai)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: বা (ba)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬 (vāya)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Sindhi: واءُ (vaha)
* Pali: vāta

#### Borrowed terms

* Kannada: ವಾತ (vāta)
* Malayalam: വാതകം (vātakaṁ)
* Old Marathi: vāta
    Devanagari script: वात
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘝
** → Marathi: वात (vāt)
* Telugu: వాతము (vātamu)
* Sinhalese: වාතය (wātaya)
* → Old Javanese: wāta
** > Javanese: ꦮꦠ (wata) (inherited)

#### See also

* वायु (vāyú)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHtas, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”). Cognate with Old Irish fáith, Old Norse Óðinn (“Odin”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds), Old English wōd (“mad, crazy”) (whence English wode).

#### Adjective

वात • (vā́ta) stem
* attacked, assailed, injured, hurt

##### Derived terms

* निवात (nivātá, “unhurt, uninjured, safe, secure”)

### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0934.
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0939.