वाच्

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum etc.)
  • a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration
  • Speech personified as the goddess of speech Vāc

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́kṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́kš (speech, voice) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (voice, speech).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wṓkʷs

Gloss

voice, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
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