# वृत्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* वर्त् (vart)

### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বৃত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖတ် (Burmese script)
* વૃત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃತ್ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
* വൃത് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵୃତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වෘත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* வ்ரித் (Tamil script)
* వృత్ (Telugu script)
* วฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋr̩t/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋr̩t̪/

### Root

वृत् • (vṛt)
* to turn, to rotate

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

* वर्तते (vártate, Present)
* वर्तति (vártati, Present)
* वर्त्स्यति (vartsyáti, Future)
* वर्तिष्यति (vartiṣyati, Future)
* वर्तिता (vartitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अवर्त् (ávart, Aorist)
* अवृत्त (ávṛtta, Aorist)
* अवृतत् (ávṛtat, Aorist)
* ववर्त (vavárta, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* अवर्ति (ávarti, Passive Aorist)
* अववर्ति (ávavarti, Passive Aorist)
* वर्तयति (vartáyati, Causative)
* अवीवृतत् (ávīvṛtat, Causative Aorist)
* वर्त्यते (vartyate, Passive of Causative)
* विवृत्सति (vívṛtsati, Desiderative)
* वर्वर्त्ति (várvartti, Intensive)
* वरीवर्त्ति (varīvartti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* वृत्त (vṛttá, Past Participle)
* वर्तितुम् (vartitum, Infinitive)
* वर्तित (vartita, Causative Past Participle)
* वर्तयध्यै (vartayádhyai, Causative Infinitive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* चक्रवर्तिन् (cakravartin, “whose wheels roll everywhere unobstructed; emperor, sovereign of the world”)
* त्रिवर्तु (trivártu, “threefold”)
* वर्तन (vártana, “turn, turning, rotation, spindle, globe”)
* वर्तनि (vartaní, “circumference or felly of a wheel; track of a wheel; path”)
* वर्तनी (vartanī, “path, way, road; life; spindle”)
* वर्ति (varti)
* वर्तिन् (vartin)
* वर्तिस् (vartís, “circuit, orbit, abode, lodging”)
* वर्ती (vartī, “wrap, bandage, wick, streak, object rolled round”)
* वर्तुल (vartula, “circle, ball, globe”)
* वर्त्मन् (vártman, “wheel rut; path, course, way”)
* वृत्ति (vṛtti, “rolling, way of life, state, existing, being in, business, wages, livelihood”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुवृत् (anuvṛt, “follow, pursue, resemble, obey, assent, respect”)
* परिवृत् (parivṛt, “turn around, revolve, convert, change”)
* प्रवृत् (pravṛt, “to assume (an office), embrace (a duty), to be promoted”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1009, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 164
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vṛt”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 518-519
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 691-692