வாயு
Tamil
noun
Definitions
- wind, air
- an element, one of pañca-pūtam
- (hinduism) Vāyu, the wind-god, regent of the North-west, one of the aṣṭa-tikku-p-pālakar
- the ten vital airs of the body
- the windy humour, one of tiri-tōṣam.
- Vāyu, of six kinds, viz., acīraṇa-vāyu, utara-vāyu, karppa-vāyu, tamaraka-vāyu, pārica-vāyu, mēka-vāyu
- flatulence
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वायु (wind, air).
Origin
Sanskrit
वायु
Gloss
wind, air
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
気
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vayu English
- *h₂weh₁yu- Proto-Indo-European
- वायु Sanskrit
- वायु Hindi
- ప్రాణవాయువు Telugu
- వాయువు Telugu
- bayu Malay
- বায়ু Assamese
- વાયુ Gujarati
- *HwaHyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hwāyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *HwaHyúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- বায়ু Bengali
- ພາຍຸ Lao
- ವಾಯು Kannada
- ᬩᬬᬸ Balinese
- ᮘᮚᮥ Sundanese
- ވައި Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- वाइ Braj
- wāy Domari
- bagiu Timugon Murut