# वृध्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* वर्ध् (vardh)

### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃধ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বৃধ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖဓ် (Burmese script)
* વૃધ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃಧ್ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫធ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິຘ຺ (Lao script)
* വൃധ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵୃଧ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වෘධ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
* வ்ரித்⁴ (Tamil script)
* వృధ్ (Telugu script)
* วฺฤธฺ (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwardʰ-, from a possible Proto-Indo-European root *Hwerdʰ- of uncertain further origin.
Schindler, citing Krisch, takes the root as a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow, rise”), whence रोधति (rodhati, “to grow, sprout”). Alternative theories include a connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule; strong”). The root may have been contaminated by semantically similar roots such as the one underlying अर्ध् (ardh, “to prosper”). See rose for more.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋr̩dʱ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋr̩d̪ʱ/

### Root

वृध् • (vṛdh)
* to grow, thrive
* to elevate, praise, exalt

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* वर्धति (vardhati, Present)
* वर्त्स्यति (vartsyáti, Future)
* वर्धिष्यति (vardhiṣyáti, Future)
* वर्धिता (vardhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवृधत् (ávṛdhat, Aorist)
* अवर्धिष्ट (ávardhiṣṭa, Aorist)
* ववर्ध (vavárdha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* वर्धयति (vardháyati, Causative)
* वर्धापयति (vardhāpáyati, Causative)
* अवीवृधत् (ávīvṛdhat, Causative Aorist)
* विवर्धिषते (vivardhiṣate, Desiderative)
* विवृत्सति (vivṛtsati, Desiderative)
* वरिवृध्यते (varivṛdhyate, Intensive)
* वरिवृधीति (varivṛdhīti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* वृद्ध (vṛddhá, Past Participle)
* वर्धितुम् (vardhitum, Infinitive)
* वृधे (vṛdhé, Infinitive)
* वृधसे (vṛdháse, Infinitive)
* वावृधध्यै (vāvṛdhádhyai, Infinitive)
* वर्धित्वा (vardhitvā́, Gerund)
* वृद्ध्वा (vṛddhvā́, Gerund)
* वर्धनीय (vardhanī́ya, Gerundive)
* वर्धितव्य (vardhitavyá, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* वृध् (vṛdh)
* वृध (vṛdhá)
* वर्ध (várdha)
* वर्धक (vardhaka)
* वर्धिन् (vardhin)
* वर्धन (várdhana)
* वृधस् (vṛdhás)
* वृधीक (vṛdhīká)
* वृद्धि (vṛddhi)
* वर्धितृ (vardhitṛ)
* वर्ध्मन् (vardhman)
* ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhvá)
* वृधसान (vṛdhasāná)
* वर्धिष्णु (vardhiṣṇu)
* वावृधेन्य (vāvṛdhénya)
* वर्धयितृ (vardhayitṛ)
* वर्धापन (vardhāpana)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* विवर्ध् (vivardh)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1010/2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 164
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 520-521; 574
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 163; 193-194; 208
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *u̯elH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 676-77