वायु

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.juː/, [ʋäː.juː]

वायु • (vāyu) f (Urdu spelling وایو)

1. (formal) air

   Synonyms: हवा (havā), समीर (samīr)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwaHyúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁yús (“wind, air”), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬎 (vaiiu), Lithuanian vejas.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.jú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.ju/

वायु • (vāyú) stem, m (root वा)

1. wind
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.45.32:

     यस्य॑ वा॒योर्इव द्र॒वद्भ॒द्रा रा॒तिः स॑ह॒स्रिणी॑।
     स॒द्यो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑ते॥

     yásya vāyórívá dravádbhadrā́ rātíḥ sahasríṇī.
     sadyó dānā́ya máṃhate.

     Of whom, prompt as the wind, the liberal donation of thousands of cattle have been quickly given to me soliciting a gift.

2. air (as one of the 5 elements)
3. the wind of the body, a vital air
4. (medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it

वायु • (vāyú) stem, m

1. the god of the wind: Vayu
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.91.3:

     पीवो॑अन्नाँ रयि॒वृध॑: सुमे॒धाः श्वे॒तः सि॑षक्ति नि॒युता॑मभि॒श्रीः ।
     ते वा॒यवे॒ सम॑नसो॒ वि त॑स्थु॒र्विश्वेन्नर॑: स्वप॒त्यानि॑ चक्रुः ॥

     pī́voannām̐ rayivṛ́dha: sumedhā́ḥ śvetáḥ siṣakti niyútāmabhiśrī́ḥ.
     té vāyáve sámanaso ví tasthurvíśvénnára: svapatyā́ni cakruḥ.

     The white-complexioned Vāyu, intelligent, glorious with the Niyut steeds, favours those men who arewell fed, abounding in riches, for they with one mind stand everywhere, ready to worship him, and leaders of rites, they perform all the ceremonies, that are productive of excellent offspring.

2. name of Vasu
3. name of Daitya
4. name of a Marut
5. (in the plural) the Maruts

• वात (vā́ta)

• वाय्वापि (vāyvāpi, “friend of the wind”), see: वातापि (vātāpi, “same as vāyvāpi”)
  • Pali: vabbāpi or vajjāpi

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ވައި (vai)
• Javanese: ꦧꦪꦸ (bayu)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀸𑀬𑀼 (vāyu)
  • → Marathi: वायू (vāyū)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਵਾ (vā), ਵਾਓ (vāo), ਵਾਉ (vāu)
• Pali: vāyu
• → Assamese: বায়ু (bayu)
• → Bengali: বায়ু (baẏu)
• → Hindi: वायु (vāyu)
• → Kannada: ವಾಯು (vāyu)
• → Khmer: ព្យុះ (pyuh)
• → Lao: ພາຍຸ (phā nyu)
• → Lü: ᦘᦍᦳ (phyu)
• → Malay: bayu / بايو (bayu)
• → Tamil: வாயு (vāyu)
• → Telugu: వాయువు (vāyuvu)
• → Thai: วายุ (waa-yú) / พายุ (paa-yú)
• → Urdu: وایو (vāyu)

From the root वै (vai).

वायु • (vāyú) stem

1. tired, languid

From the root वी (vī).

वायु • (vāyú) stem

1. desirous, covetous, greedy (for food, applied to calves)
2. desirable, desired by the appetite

• “वायु” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 485.
• Monier Williams (1899) “वायु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0942.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वायु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 277
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 752