# वद्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* उद् (ud) — samprasāraṇa form

### Alternative scripts

* ৱদ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বদ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝဒ် (Burmese script)
* વદ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವದ್ (Kannada script)
* វទ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວທ຺ (Lao script)
* വദ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වද් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
* வத்³ (Tamil script)
* వద్ (Telugu script)
* วทฺ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wedH- (“to utter, to call”). See वद॑ति (vádati) for more discussion.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐd/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐd̪/

### Root

वद् • (vad)
* to speak, tell
    Synonyms: वच् (vac), ब्रू (brū)

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

* वदति (vádati, Present)
* वदिष्यति (vadiṣyáti, Future)
* वदिता (vaditā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवादीत् (ávādīt, Aorist)
* उद्यात् (udyāt, Benedictive)
* उवाद (uvā́da, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* उद्यते (udyáte, Passive)
* अवादि (avādi, Passive Aorist)
* वादयति (vādáyati, Causative)
* वाद्यते (vādyate, Passive of Causative)
* विवदिषति (vivadiṣati, Desiderative)
* वावदीति (vā́vadīti, Intensive)
* वावद्यते (vāvadyáte, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* उदित (uditá, Past Participle)
* वदित (vadita, Past Participle)
* वदितुम् (vaditum, Infinitive)
* वदितोस् (váditos, Infinitive)
* उदित्वा (uditvā, Gerund)
* उद्य (udya, Gerund)
* उद्य (udya, Gerundive)
* वदितव्य (vaditavyà, Gerundive)
* वादित (vādita, Causative Past Participle)
* विवत्सु (vivatsu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* वद (vada)
* वदन (vádana)
* वदावदिन् (vadāvadin)
* वदितृ (vaditṛ)
* वदिष्ठ (vadiṣṭha)
* वद्मन् (vadmán)
* वाद (vāda)
* वादक (vādaka)
* वादन (vādana)
* वादित्र (vāditra)
* वादिन् (vādin)
* वादुक (vāduka)
* वाद्य (vā́dya)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अच्छावद् (acchāvad)
* अतिवद् (ativad)
* अधिवद् (adhivad)
* अभिवद् (abhivad)
* अनुवद् (anuvad)
* अपवद् (apavad)
* अववद् (avavad)
* आवद् (āvad)
* उद्वद् (udvad)
* उपवद् (upavad)
* निर्वद् (nirvad)
* परावद् (parāvad)
* परिवद् (parivad)
* प्रतिवद् (prativad)
* प्रवद् (pravad)
* विवद् (vivad)
* संवद् (saṃvad)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152-153
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vad”, 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, page 496
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 133-134