# वृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺ (Balinese script)
* বৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖ (Burmese script)
* વૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* വൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺 (Newa script)
* ଵୃ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴 (Siddham script)
* වෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦 (Takri script)
* வ்ரி (Tamil script)
* వృ (Telugu script)
* วฺฤ (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋr̩/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋr̩/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to cover”), and related to Latin operiō (“to cover, shut”), Lithuanian suvérti (“to shut”).
Older theories derived the root from Proto-Indo-Aryan *war-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, envelop”), and connected the root to Scottish Gaelic fearann (“estate, land”), Avestan 𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (uardnā, “cover, envelope”). Other theories connected the root to Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, coil”). These two Indo-European roots may have semantically influenced and merged with the Sanskrit (though Mayrhofer and Rix seem to reconstruct the *welH- as *wel- instead).

#### Alternative forms

* वर् (var)

#### Root

वृ • (vṛ)
* to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct
* to close (a door)
* to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain

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

* वृणोति (vṛṇóti, Present)
* ऊर्णोति (ūrṇóti, Present)
* वरति (várati, Present)
* वृणाति (vṛṇāti, Present)
* वरीșयति (varīșyati, Future)
* वरीता (varītā, Periphrastic Future)
* अवर् (ávar, Aorist)
* अवारीत् (ávārīt, Aorist)
* व्रियात् (vriyāt, Benedictive)
* ववार (vavā́ra, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* व्रियते (vriyate, Passive)
* अवारि (ávāri, Passive Aorist)
* वारयति (vāráyati, Causative)
* अवीवरत् (ávīvarat, Causative Aorist)
* वार्यते (vāryate, Passive of Causative)
* विवारयिषते (vivārayiṣate, Desiderative of Causative)
* वरीवर्ति (várīvarti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* वृत (vṛtá, Past Participle)
* वर्तुम् (vartum, Infinitive)
* वर्तवे (vártave, Infinitive)
* वृत्वा (vṛtvā́, Gerund)
* वृत्वी (vṛtvī́, Gerund)
* वृत्वाय (vṛtvā́ya, Gerund)
* वृत्य (vṛ́tya, Gerund)
* वरणीय (varaṇīya, Gerundive)
* वारित (vārita, Causative Past Participle)
* वार्य (vārya, Causative Gerundive)
* वारणीय (vāraṇīya, Causative Gerundive)
* वारयितव्य (vārayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* विवारयिषु (vivārayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* वर (vára)
* वरण (varaṇa)
* वरूतृ (varūtṛ́)
* वरूथ (várūtha)
* वर्ण (várṇa)
* वर्तृ (vartṛ́)
* वर्त्र (vártra)
* वर्मन् (várman)
* वव्र (vavrá)
* वव्रि (vavrí)
* वाट (vāṭa)
* वार (vāra)
* वारक (vāraka)
* वारण (vāraṇá)
* वृत् (vṛ́t)
* वृति (vṛti)
* वृत्र (vṛtrá)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपवृ (apavṛ)
* अभिवृ (abhivṛ)
* आवृ (āvṛ)
* परिवृ (parivṛ)
* प्रवृ (pravṛ)
* विवृ (vivṛ)
* संवृ (saṃvṛ)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1007/1-2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 162
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 555-6
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 512-3
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 228: “Im Ved. ist *Hu̯er- mit l .*u̯el- 'einschließen' und 1 .*u̯er- 'aufhalten, wehren' zusammengefallen;”

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”). Cognate with Latin volo (“to wish, want”), English will.

#### Alternative forms

* वर् (var)

#### Root

वृ • (vṛ)
* to choose, select
* to ask a person for or on behalf of
* to solicit anything from
* to like, love well

##### Derived terms

* वर (vara)
* वरयति (varayati)
* वृणीते (vṛṇīte)
* वृणोति (vṛṇoti)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007/3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 163
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 511-2