Old Gujarati

Noun

वात ‎(vāta)

1. talk, conversation

Descendants

• Gujarati: વાત ‎(vāt)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Avestan vātō, vā́ta), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ‎(“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-.

Noun

वात • ‎(vā́ta) m

1. wind or the wind-god
2. wind, air
3. wind emitted from the body
4. wind or air as one of the humours of the body
5. morbid affection of the windy humour, flatulence, gout, rheumatism

Descendants

• Telugu: వాతము ‎(vātamu)

See also

• वायु ‎(vāyu)