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vādo

vāda

masc nom sg of vāda (adj); masc nom sg of vāda (noun)

1. holding a belief; having a doctrine
2. speech; statement; assertion; what is said
3. debate; argument; disputation
4. saying; mentioning
5. declaration; statement; assertion; claim
6. doctrine; religious belief; belief system

Built from

• vā — root · speak, say
  The root √vad means to voice or utter. In Pali vāda, the vowel lengthening (vā- from vad-) indicates a nominal derivative expressing the action or result of speaking.
• -da — ending · agent/action noun
  The -da suffix forms action nouns and agent nouns from roots, here making vāda 'speech, statement, doctrine' — what is uttered and held to in debate or belief.

Etymology. From √vad (to speak, say), cognate with Latin uadere (to go, move forward in speech), Sanskrit vadati (speaks). The root carries the sense of utterance and declaration, extended to mean established positions and doctrines proclaimed in debate.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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