# वृणोति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃণোতি (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺᬡᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* বৃণোতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴𑰜𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾𑀡𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖဏောတိ (Burmese script)
* વૃણોતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰਣੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽꦟꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂𑂝𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃಣೋತಿ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫណោតិ (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິໂຓຕິ (Lao script)
* വൃണോതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳᢏᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵𑘜𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢᢏᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖𑦼𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺𑐞𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଵୃଣୋତି (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺꢠꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸𑆟𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴𑖜𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* වෘණොති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙𑩪𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚘𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* வ்ரிணோதி (Tamil script)
* వృణోతి (Telugu script)
* วฺฤโณติ (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ་ཎོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵𑒝𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨘𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish, desire, want”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔλδομαι (éldomai), Old English willan (whence English will).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋr̩.ɳɐ́w.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋr̩ˈɳoː.t̪i/

#### Verb

वृणोति • (vṛṇóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root वृ)
* to choose, select, choose for oneself, choose as or for
* to choose in marriage, woo
* to ask a person for or on behalf of
* to solicit anything from
* to ask or request that
* to like better than, prefer to
* to like, love (as opposed to 'hate')
* to choose or pick out a person (for a boon), grant (a boon) to

##### Descendants

* Pali: varati

#### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAR$^1$-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 511
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007, column 3.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥náwti. Further etymology uncertain. It is possibly a merger of verbs from three Proto-Indo-European roots: *h₂wer- (“to enclose”), *wel- (“to enclose”), and *wer- (“to guard”).

#### Verb

वृणोति • (vṛṇóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root वृ)
* to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, envelop, obstruct
* to ward off, check, keep back, prevent hinder, restrain

##### Descendants

* Pali: varati

#### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAR²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 513: “die Zuweisung von iir. *var an idg. Vorstufen ist schwierig.”
* ↑ 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;”
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1007, column 1.