वेध

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Proto-Iranian *vaiδa-; see व्यध् (vyadh) for more.[1] Compare Old Armenian վէրք (vērkʿ, wound), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

वेध (vedha) f

  1. penetrating, piercing, perforation
  2. wounding, a wound
  3. a hole, an excavation.
  4. the depth (of an excavation)

References

  1. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 910
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