वञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
• વઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
• វញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
• ວຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
• വഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වඤ්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• வஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
• వఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
• วญฺจฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenk-. Cf. वच् (vac).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɲt͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɲt͡ɕ/

Root

वञ्च् • (vañc)

1. to move crookedly

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root वञ्च्‎ (0 c, 5 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• वञ्चति (váñcati, Present)
• वञ्चिष्यति (vañciṣyáti, Future)
• वञ्चिता (vañcitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अवञ्चीत् (ávañcīt, Aorist)
• वच्यात् (vacyā́t, Benedictive)
• ववञ्च (vaváñca, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• वच्यते (vacyáte, Passive)
• वञ्चयति (vañcáyati, Causative)
• अववञ्चत् (ávavañcat, Causative)
• विवञ्चिषति (vivañciṣati, Desiderative)
• वनीवच्यते (vanīvacyate, Intensive)
• वनीवञ्चीति (vanīvañcīti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• वञ्चितुम् (vañcitum, Infinitive)
• वञ्चित्वा (vañcitvā́, Gerund)
• वचित्वा (vacitvā́, Gerund)
• वक्त्वा (vaktvā́, Gerund)
• वञ्चित (vañcitá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• वञ्चक (vañcaka)
• वञ्चन (vañcana)
• वञ्चनीय (vañcanīya)
• वङ्कु (vaṅku)
• वङ्कृ (vaṅkṛ)
• वक्र (vakra)
• वक्व (vakva)
• वक्वन् (vakvan)
• वञ्चयितृ (vañcayitṛ)
• वञ्चयितव्य (vañcayitavya)
• वङ्क्य (vaṅkya)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root वञ्च्‎ (1 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वञ्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 914.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 152