वत्सर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬢ᭄ᬲᬭ (Balinese script)
  • ৱত্সৰ (Assamese script)
  • বত্সর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • વત્સર (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਤੑਸਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦠ꧀ꦱꦫ (Javanese script)
  • វត្សរ (Khmer script)
  • ವತ್ಸರ (Kannada script)
  • ວຕ຺ສຣ (Lao script)
  • വത്സര (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᢐᠰᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᠠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဝတ္သရ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ଵତ୍ସର (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢡ꣄ꢱꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • වත‍්සර (Sinhalese script)
  • வத்ஸர (Tamil script)
  • వత్సర (Telugu script)
  • วตฺสร (Thai script)
  • ཝ་ཏྶ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”), and cognate with Ancient Greek ἔτος (étos, “year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

वत्सर • (vatsara) stem, m

  1. a year
  2. the fifth year in a cycle of 5 or 6 years, (or) the sixth year in a cycle of 6 years
  3. the Year personified

Declension

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Descendants
  • Pali: vacchara
  • → Malayalam: വത്സരം (vatsaraṁ)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “वत्सर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 916/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 495
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022), “वत्सर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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