# वहति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱহতি (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬳᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* বহতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰮𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဝဟတိ (Burmese script)
* વહતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌹𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦲꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂯𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ವಹತಿ (Kannada script)
* វហតិ (Khmer script)
* ວຫຕິ (Lao script)
* വഹതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡥᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘮𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧎𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐴𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଵହତି (Odia script)
* ꢮꢲꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆲𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖮𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* වහති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪂𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚩𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* வஹதி (Tamil script)
* వహతి (Telugu script)
* วหติ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ཧ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒯𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨱𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with Latin vehō, Old English wegan (whence English weigh).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́.ɦɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐ.ɦɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

वहति • (váhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root वह्)
* to carry, transport, convey (with instr. of vehicle)
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 9.41.28:तेन कूलापहारेण मैत्रावरुणिर् औह्यत । उह्यमानश् च तुष्टाव तदा राजन् सरस्वतीम्tena kūlāpahāreṇa maitrāvaruṇir auhyata. uhyamānaś ca tuṣṭāva tadā rājan sarasvatīmMaitrāvaruṇi was carried off along with the submerged bank, And as he was being carried, O king, he praised the river Sarasvatī.
* to lead, conduct (especially offerings to the gods, said of Agni)
* to bear along (water, said of rivers)
* to draw (a car), guide (horses etc.)
* to lead towards, to bring, procure, bestow
* to cause, effect
* to offer (a sacrifice)
* to spread, diffuse (scent)
* to shed (tears)
* to carry away, carry off, rob
* to lead home, take to wife, marry
* to bear or carry on or with
* to take or carry with or about one's self, have, possess
* to wear (clothes)
* (with शिरस् (śiras)) to bear one's head (उच्चैश्तराम् (uccaiś-tarām, “high”))
* (with वसुंधराम् (vasuṃdharām) or क्ष्मामण्डालम् (kṣmā-maṇḍālam)) to support i.e. rule the earth
* (with गर्भम् (garbham)) to be with child
* to bear, suffer, endure
* to forbear, forgive, pardon
* to undergo (with agnim, viṣam, tulām, 'the ordeal of fire, poison, and the balance')
* to experience, feel
* to exhibit, show, betray
* to pay (a fine)
* to pass, spend (time)
* (intransitive) to drive, ride, go by or in (with instr. of the vehicle), be borne or carried along, run, swim
* to draw (scil. a carriage, said of a horse)
* to blow (as wind)
* to pass away, elapse
* to be drawn or borne by (+ instrumental) or along or off

#### Derived terms

* प्रवहति (pravahati)

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: বোৱা (büa)
** Bengali: বহা (boha)
*** Bengali: বওয়া (bôoẇa)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀇 (vahaï)
** Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘮𑘜𑘹 (vahaṇe), 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vahāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāhāṇe), 𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vhāṇe)
*** Marathi: वाहणे (vāhṇe)
* Pali: vahati
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀳𑀤𑀺 (vahadi)
** Hindustani:
*** Hindi: बहना (bahnā)
*** Urdu: بہنا (bahnā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वहति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, column 2.