# वाक्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɑːk.jᵊ/, [ʋäːk.jᵊ]

### Noun

वाक्य • (vākya) m (Urdu spelling واکیہ)
* sentence
    Synonym: जुमला (jumlā)
    इस वाक्य को सही करो। ― is vākya ko sahī karo. ― Correct this sentence.
    मैं यह वाक्यों को नहीं पढ़ सकता हूँ।ma͠i yah vākyõ ko nahī̃ paṛh saktā hū̃.I cannot read these sentences.
* (linguistics) clause (वाक्यखंड (vākyakhaṇḍ))

#### Derived terms

* वाक्यविज्ञान (vākyavijñān)
* वाक्यरचना (vākyaracnā)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाक्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).

### Noun

वाक्य • (vākya) n
* sentence

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाक्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाक्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वाक्य”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wäkke], [bäkke]
* Phonetic Devanagari: वाक्के, or बाक्के

### Noun

वाक्य • (wākya)
* sentence
    यो शब्दलाई वाक्यमा प्रयोग गर्नुहोस्।yo śabdalāī wākyamā prayog garnuhos.Use this word to make a sentence.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vākya (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ৰাক্য (Bengali script)
* වාක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* ဝါကျ or ဝႃၵျ (Burmese script)
* วากฺย or วากยะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩤᨠ᩠ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ວາກ຺ຍ or ວາກຍະ or ວາກຢະ (Lao script)
* វាក្យ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄂𑄇𑄳𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Noun

वाक्य n
* Devanagari script form of vākya

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱাক্য (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬵᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* বাক্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰯𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဝါကျ (Burmese script)
* વાક્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਵਾਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦴꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂰𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ವಾಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* វាក្យ (Khmer script)
* ວາກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* വാക്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᢗᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧑𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐵𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଵାକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢵꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆳𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖯𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* වාක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚭𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* வாக்ய (Tamil script)
* వాక్య (Telugu script)
* วากฺย (Thai script)
* ཝཱ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒰𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of वच् (vac) with a -य (-ya) extension.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑːk.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɑːk.jɐ/

### Noun

वाक्य • (vākya) stem, n
* speech, saying, assertion, statement, command, words
* (law) a declaration, legal evidence
* an express declaration or statement
* betrothment
* (grammar) a sentence, period
* a mode of expression
* a periphrastic mode of expression
* a rule, precept, aphorism
* a disputation
* (logic) an argument, syllogism or member of a syllogism
* the singing of birds
* (astronomy) the solar process in computations

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* पर्युषितवाक्य (paryuṣitavākya)
* महावाक्य (mahāvākya)

#### Descendants

* Pali: vākya
** → Burmese: ဝါကျ (wa-kya.)
** → Khmer: ពាក្យ (piək), វាក្យ (viəkyaʼ)
** → Lao: ພາກ (phāk)
** → Thai: พากย์ (pâak)
* → Gujarati: વાક્ય (vākya)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: वाक्य (vākya)
    Urdu: واکیہ (vākya)
* → Kannada: ವಾಕ್ಯ (vākya)
* → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: वाइक्य (vāikya), वाक्य (vākya)
    Modi script: 𑘪𑘰𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘧 (vāīkya), 𑘪𑘰𑘎𑘿𑘧 (vākya)
** → Marathi: वाक्य (vākya)
* → Nepali: वाक्य (wākya)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਾਕ (vāk)
    Shahmukhi script: واکیہ (vāk)
* ⇒ Telugu: వాక్యము (vākyamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वाक्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 936, column 2.