वध

See also: वाद्य, वद्य, and वधा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬯᬥ (Balinese script)
ৱধ (Assamese script)
বধ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀥 (Brahmi script)
𑌵𑌧 (Grantha script)
વધ (Gujarati script)
ਵਧ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦮꦣ (Javanese script)
វធ (Khmer script)
ವಧ (Kannada script)
ວຘ (Lao script)
വധ (Malayalam script)
𑘪𑘠 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠸᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
ဝဓ (Burmese script)
𑧊𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐢 (Newa script)
ଵଧ (Odia script)
ꢮꢤ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆣 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖠 (Siddham script)
වධ (Sinhalese script)
வத⁴ (Tamil script)
వధ (Telugu script)
วธ (Thai script)
ཝ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒡 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀‎ (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀‎ (vada, “weapon”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.dʱɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

वध • (vadhá) stem, m

murder, slaughter
one who kills; destroyer
deadly weapon (especially Indra's thunderbolt)
injury, hurt

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वधः vadháḥ	वधौ vadhaú	वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वध vádha	वधौ vádhau	वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वधम् vadhám	वधौ vadhaú	वधान् vadhā́n
Instrumental	वधेन vadhéna	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹
Dative	वधाय vadhā́ya	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Ablative	वधात् vadhā́t	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Genitive	वधस्य vadhásya	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधानाम् vadhā́nām
Locative	वधे vadhé	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधेषु vadhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)

Descendants

→ Hindi: वध (vadh, “killing, execution, massacre”)
→ Sinhalese: වධ (wadha, “torture”)
→ Telugu: వధ (vadha, “killing, slaying, murder”)
- ⇒ Telugu: వధించు (vadhiñcu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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