# वस्तु
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu). Doublet of बस्त (bast).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋəs.t̪uː/, [ʋɐs.t̪uː]

### Noun

वस्तु • (vastu) f (Urdu spelling وستو)
* a thing
* stuff
* baggage
* material
* something real or existent
* a commodity
* essential property, nature, essence, substance
* the object (of); the pith or substance (of)

#### Synonyms

* चीज़ (cīz)

#### Derived terms

* वस्तुनिष्ठता (vastuniṣṭhatā)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वस्तु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वस्तु (vastu).

### Noun

वस्तु • (vastu) n
* thing, object

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱস্তু (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
* বস্তু (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ဝသ္တု (Burmese script)
* વસ્તુ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਸ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ವಸ್ತು (Kannada script)
* វស្តុ (Khmer script)
* ວສ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
* വസ്തു (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠰᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
* ଵସ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢱ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
* වස‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
* வஸ்து (Tamil script)
* వస్తు (Telugu script)
* วสฺตุ (Thai script)
* ཝ་སྟུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐs.tu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐs̪.t̪u/

### Etymology 1

Derived from वास्तु (vā́stu).

#### Noun

वस्तु • (vastu) stem, n
* a thing
* any really existing or abiding substance or essence, thing, object, article
* seat, place
* the thing in question, matter, affair, circumstance
* the right thing, a valuable or worthy object, object of or for
* substance, contents, or subject (of a poem, etc.)
* goods, wealth, property
* (music) a kind of composition
* natural disposition, essential property
* the pith or substance of anything

##### Descendants

* Prakrit: वत्थु (vatthu)
* → Assamese: বস্তু (bostu)
* → Balinese: ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (wastu)
* → Bengali: বস্তু (bostu)
* → Gujarati: વસ્તુ (vastu)
* → Hindi: वस्तु (vastu), बस्त (bast)
* → Kannada: ವಸ್ತು (vastu)
* → Marathi: वस्तू (vastū)
* → Nepali: बस्तु (bastu), वस्तु (vastu)
* → Old Gujarati: वस्तु (vastu)
* Pali: vatthu
** → Burmese: ဝတ္ထု (wathtu.)
** → Khmer: វត្ថុ (vŏətthoʼ)
** → Lao: ວັດຖຸ (wat thu)
** → Thai: วัตถุ (wát-tù)
* Punjabi: ਵੱਥ (vattha), → ਵਸਤੁ (vastu)
* → Tagalog: wasto
* → Tamil: வஸ்து (vastu)
* → Telugu: వస్తువు (vastuvu)
* → Thai: วัสดุ (wát-sà-dù)
* → Urdu: وستو (vastū)

### Etymology 2

From the root वस् (vas, “to shine”).

#### Noun

वस्तु • (vástu) stem, f
* becoming light, dawning, morning

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वस्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 931/3, 932/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175; 198

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vastu”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.