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vāyato

vāya

nt abl sg of vāya (noun); masc abl sg of vāya (noun); masc abl pl of vāya (noun); masc dat sg of vāyanta (prp); …

1. vāya (nt): wind; air
2. vāya (masc): weaver; weaving
3. vāyato (masc): as wind
4. vāyanta (prp): blowing
5. vāyas (masc): air; wind
6. vāyato (masc): from air; apart from wind
7. vāyanta (prp): smelling; emitting an odour (from)

Etymology. √vā + [y] + a; from √vā 'blow, emit odour'; Sanskrit vāyu [vā]

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

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