# वदति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vadati (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ৰদতি (Bengali script)
* වදති (Sinhalese script)
* ဝဒတိ or ဝၻတိ (Burmese script)
* วทติ or วะทะติ (Thai script)
* ᩅᨴᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ວທຕິ or ວະທະຕິ (Lao script)
* វទតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄘𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

वदति
* Devanagari script form of vadati

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: वदन्त् (vadant), which see for forms and usage
* Present middle participle: वदमान (vadamāna), which see for forms and usage
* Past participle: वुत्त (vutta)
* Absolutive: वदित्वा (vaditvā)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱদতি (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬤᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* বদতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰟𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဝဒတိ (Burmese script)
* વદતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਦਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌦𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦢꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂠𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ವದತಿ (Kannada script)
* វទតិ (Khmer script)
* ວທຕິ (Lao script)
* വദതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡩᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘟𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢑᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑦿𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐡𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଵଦତି (Odia script)
* ꢮꢣꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆢𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖟𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* වදති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩭𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚛𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* வத³தி (Tamil script)
* వదతి (Telugu script)
* วทติ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ད་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒠𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨛𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwádati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwádati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wédH-eti, from *h₂wedH- (“to utter, call”).
The Indo-European root is reconstructed on this basis of this term and Ancient Greek αὐδή (audḗ, “voice, sound, song, oracle”). Various scholars also compare Proto-Hellenic *awéidō (“to sing”) (> Ancient Greek ἀείδω (aeídō)), Proto-Slavic *vaditi (“to argue”), Lithuanian vadìnti (“to call”), but there is no consensus on the etymologies of those terms. Per Helmut, Hittite [script needed] (watarnahh-, “to command”) is probably not cognate.
Some potential Iranian cognates also exist, including Old Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬋 (vadəmnō, “conversing?”, med.pres.ptc), Khotanese [script needed] (nuvai-, “to make a noise”), Pashto لوستل (lwëstel, “to read”), and Yagnobi [script needed] (novva, “sound, noise”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́.dɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋɐ.d̪ɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

वद॑ति • (vádati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root वद्)
* to speak, pronounce
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.94.1:प्रैते व॑दन्तु॒ प्र व॒यं व॑दाम॒ ग्राव॑भ्यो॒ वाचं॑ वदता॒ वद॑द्भ्यः। यद॑द्रयः पर्वताः सा॒कमा॒शवः॒ श्लोकं॒ घोषं॒ भर॒थेन्द्रा॑य सो॒मिनः॑॥praíté vadantu prá vayáṃ vadāma grā́vabhyo vā́caṃ vadatā vádadbhyaḥ. yádadrayaḥ parvatāḥ sākámāśávaḥ ślókaṃ ghóṣaṃ bhárathéndrāya somínaḥ.Let these (stones) speak; let us reply to the speaking stones, and do you (priests) utter (praise); when,you solid, quick-moving stones, you utter the noise of praise together to Indra, (then you become) full of Soma.

#### Descendants

* Pali: vadati
* Prakrit: 𑀯𑀬𑀇 (vayaï)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAD$^I$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 496
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂u̯edH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 286
* ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hu̯adH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वदति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page वद्, 916.
* ↑ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vádati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656