tāvat : tā́vat mf(atI)n. (fr. 2. ta, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 39]; [vi, 3, 91]) so great, so large, so much, so far, so long, so many (correlative of yā́vat; rarely of ya or yathokta, [Nal.] &c.), [RV.] &c. (yāvatā kṣaṇena tāvatā, ‘after so long time, in that time’, as soon as, [Rājat. v, 110])

tāvat : just a little, [Kir. ii, 48]

tāvat : (in alg.) an unknown quantity (also with yāvat)

tāvat : tā́vat ind. (correlative of yā́vat) so much, so greatly, to such an extent, in such a number, so far, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (tā́vat-tāvat, [ŚBr. i, 8, 1, 6])

tāvat : so long, in that time, [RV. x, 88, 19]; [ŚBr. i]; [Mn.] &c.

tāvat : meanwhile, in the mean time (the correlative yāvat being often connected with a neg., e.g. tāvac chobhate mūrkho yāvat kiṃ-cin na bhāṣate, ‘so long a fool shines as long as he says nothing’, [Hit.]; śocayiṣyāmy ātmānaṃ tāvad yāvan me prāptam brāhmaṇyam, ‘so long I will emaciate myself, as long as [i.e. until] I have obtained the state of a Brāhman’, [R. i, 64, 19]), [ŚBr. xiv, 4, 2, 30]; [ChUp. vi, 14, 2]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (also correlative of purā [[R. i, 28, 21]], of yāvatā na, of yāvat preceded by purā [[MBh. xiii, 4556]], or without any correlative [[2727]; [Kathās.]; [Hit.]])

tāvat : at once, now, just, first (followed by anantaram [[Hit.]], aparam [[Pañcat.]], api [ib.], idānīm [[Hit.]], uta [[Śak.]], ca [[Daś.]; [Prab.]], tatas [[Mn. iv, 174]; [Ragh. vii, 4 f.]], tad-anu [[Megh.]], tu [[Daś. vii]; [Vedāntas.]], paścāt [[R. ii]], punar [[Pañcat.]], vā; very often connected with an Impv., rarely [[MBh. iv, 888]; [R. ii, 56, 13]] with a Pot., often with the 1st person of pr. or fut. [MBh.] &c.; the Impv. is sometimes to be supplied [itas tāvat, ‘just come hither’; mā tāvat, ‘by no means, God forbid!’] [Śak.]; [Mālav.]; [Vikr.]; [Prab.]; sometimes arhasi with the inf. is used instead, [R. i f.])

tāvat : (with na or a-) not yet, [MBh.] &c. (followed by yāvat, ‘while’, [Kathās. xxvi, 23]; tāvan na-api na, ‘not only not-but also not’, [Kād.])

tāvat : very well, all right, [Hcar.]

tāvat : indeed, truly (e.g. dṛḍhas tāvad bandhaḥ, ‘the knot is tight I must admit’, [Hit.]; gatā tāvat, ‘she is indeed gone’, [Kathās. xviii, 241]), [R.] &c.

tāvat : already (opposed to ‘how much more’ or ‘how much less’), [R. iv f.]; [Śak.]

tāvat : really (= eva, sometimes connected with this particle, e.g. vikrayas tāvad eva saḥ, ‘it is really a sale’), [Mn. iii, 53]; [Hariv. 7110]; [R.] &c.

tāvat : [cf. Lat. tantus.]

uṣaḥ : (in comp. for uṣás below).

uṣas : uṣás ās, f. (nom. pl. uṣā́sas and uṣásas; instr. pl. uṣádbhis, [RV. i, 6, 3]; see [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 48]) morning light, dawn, morning (personified as the daughter of heaven and sister of the Ādityas and the night), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Śak.] &c.

uṣas : the evening light, [RV. x, 127, 7]

uṣas : N. of a wife of Bhava (= Φοῖβος) or Rudra, [VP.]

uṣas : (uṣā́sau, °ā́sā, and °ásā) f. du. night and morning, [RV.]; [VS.] &c.

uṣas : uṣás (as), n. daybreak, dawn, twilight, [Uṇ. iv, 233]; [L.]

uṣas : the outer passage of the ear, [L.]

uṣas : the Mālaya range, [L.]

uṣas : , [cf. Gk. ἠώς; Lat. auro-ra; Lith. ausz-ra; Old High Germ. ôs-tan.]

uṣas : uṣás See under √ 1. uṣ

rādhas : rā́dhas n. favour, kindness, bounty, a gift of affection, any gift, [RV.]; [AV.]

rādhas : munificence, liberality, [ib.]

rādhas : accomplishment of one's wishes, success, [BhP.]

rādhas : striving to accomplish or gain, [ib.]

rādhas : wealth, power, [ib.]

aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c.

aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.]

aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az].

rā : (ā), f. (only [L.]) amorous play (= vibhrama)

rā : giving

rā : gold

rā : or rās cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 49]) rā́ti (Ved. also Ā. rāté; Impv. rirīhi, rarāsva, rarīdhvam; p. rarāṇa; 3. sg. rárate and rāsate; pf. rarimá, raré; aor. árāsma Subj. rā́sat &c. Pot. rāsīya; Class. forms are only pr. rāti; fut. rātā, [BhP.]; rāsyati, [Vop.], and inf. rātave, [BhP.]), to grant, give, bestow, impart, yield, surrender, [RV.]; &c.

rā : (ifc.) granting, bestowing, [BhP.]

rā : rā́ f., see rai.

rā : See under 3. ra.

yāvat : yā́vat mf(atI)n. (fr. 3. ya; correlative of tāvat, q.v.) as great, as large, as much, as many, as often, as frequent, as far, as long, as old &c. (or how great &c. = quantus, quot or qualis), [RV.] &c. &c. (yā́vantaḥ kíyantaḥ, ‘as many as’, [TBr.]; yā́vad vā yāvad vā, ‘as much as possible’, [ŚBr.]; yāvat tāvat, ‘so much as’, in alg. applied to the first unknown quantity [= x] or so much of the unknown as its co-efficient number; in this sense also expressed by the first syllable yā cf. [IW. 182]; iti yāvat in Comms. ‘just so much’, ‘only so’, ‘that is to say’, ‘such is the explanation’)

yāvat : yā́vat ind. as greatly as, as far as, as much or as many as

yāvat : as often as, whenever

yāvat : as long as, whilst

yāvat : as soon as, the moment that, until that, till, until, [RV.] &c. &c. (in these senses used with either pres. Pot. fut. impf., or aor., or with the simple copula). with the 1st sg. of pres., rarely of Pot., may denote an intended action and may be translated by ‘meanwhile’, ‘just’

yāvat : yā́vad yāvad-tā́vat tāvat, ‘as gradually as-so’, [ŚBr.]

yāvat : yāvan na, ‘while not’, ‘before’, ‘till’

yāvat : ‘if not’, ‘whether not’

yāvat : na yāvattāvat, ‘scarcely-when’, ‘no sooner-than’

yāvat : na param or na kevalam-yāvat, ‘not only-but even’. Sometimes is also used as a preposition with a prec. or following acc., or with a following abl., rarely dat., e.g. māsam ekaṃ yāvat, ‘during one month’

yāvat : sūryodayaṃ yāvat, ‘until sunrise’

yāvat : sarpa-vivaraṃ yāvat, ‘up to the serpent's hole’

yāvat : yāvad or yāvad-ā samāpanāt, ‘until the completion’

yāvat : yāvad garbhasya paripākāya, ‘until the maturity of the fetus’. Sometimes also with a nom. followed by iti, e.g. anta iti yāvat, ‘as far as the end’

yāvat : pañca yāvad iti, ‘up to five’

yāvat : yā́vat ind. or with another ind. word, e.g. adya yāvat, ‘up to this day’. yāvatā ind. as far as, as long as, [Āpast.]; [R.]; [BhP.]

yāvat : yā́vat ind. till, until (with Pot.), [Lāṭy.] (with na, as long as not, before, [BhP.])

yāvat : as soon as, the moment that, [Cat.]

yāvat : in as much as, [Pat.]

yāvat : yā́vat ind. yāvati-tāvati, [Daś.]

rad : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. iii, 16]) rádati (rarely Ā. °te; Ved. Impv. ratsi; pf. rarā́da, [RV.]; aor. arādīt or aradīt Gr.; fut. raditā, °diṣyati, [ib.]), to scratch, scrape, gnaw, bite, rend, dig, break, split, divide, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Suśr.]; to cut, open (a road or path), [RV.]; to lead (a river) into a channel, [ib.]; to convey to, bestow on, give, dispense, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]

rad : [cf. Lat. rad-o, rod-o; Eng. rat.]

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

jan : cl. 1. [[RV.]; [AV.]] and cl. 10. jánati, °te (Subj. janat, [RV.]; °nāt, [AV. vi, 81, 3]; Ā. °nata, [RV. x, 123, 7]; impf. ájanat, [RV.]; p. jánat), janáyati, °te (in later language only P. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 86]; Subj. °náyat; impf. ájanayat; aor. ájījanat; p. janáyat; inf. jánayitavai, [ŚBr. xiv]), twice cl. 3. (Subj. jajánat, [MaitrS. i, 3, 20] and [9, 1] [[Kāṭh. ix, 8]]; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192] and [vii, 4, 78], [Kāś.]; pr. jajanti, [Dhātup. xxv, 24]; aor. Ā. jániṣṭa; Ā. ájani, [RV. ii, 34, 2]; perf. jajā́na; 3. pl. jajñúr, [RV.] &c.; once jajanúr, [viii, 97, 10]; p. °jñivas; Ved. inf. jánitos, [iv, 6, 7]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr. iii]; [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 6]]; Ved. ind.p. °nitvī́, [RV. x, 65, 7]) to generate, beget, produce, create, cause, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to produce (a song of praise, &c.), [RV.]; (cl. 10. or Caus.) to cause to be born, [AV. vii, 19, 1]; [xiii, 1, 19]; [VarBṛ. xiv, 1]; [xix]; to assign, procure, [RV.]; [VS. xix, 94]; cl. 4. jā́yate (ep. also °ti; impf. ájāyata; pr.p. jayamāna; fut. janiṣyate; aor. ájaniṣṭa; 1. [[RV. viii, 6, 10]] and 3. sg. ájani; 3. sg. jáni, [i, 141, 1]; jā́ni, [7, 36]; perf. jajñé, 2. sg. °jñiṣé, 3. pl. °jñiré, p. °jñāná) and [[RV.]] cl. 2. (?) Ā. (2. sg. janiṣé, 2. pl. °nidhve, Impv. °niṣvā [[vi, 15, 18]], °nidhvam, cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 78]; impf. 3. p. ajñata [aor., [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 80]], [AitBr.]), twice cl. 1. Ā. (impf. 3. pl. ajanatā, [RV. iv, 5, 5]; p. jánamāna, [viii, 99, 3]) to be born or produced, come into existence, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to grow (as plants, teeth), [AV. iv f.]; [AitBr. vii, 15]; [ŚBr. xiv]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn. ix, 38]; [VarBṛS.]; to be born as, be by birth or nature (with double nom.), [MBh. i, 11, 14]; [Pañcat. iv, 1, 5]; to be born or destined for (acc.), [RV. iv, 5, 5]; [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 10] (v.l. jayate for jāy°); to be born again, [Mn. iv], [ix], [xi f.]; [MBh. i], [iii], [xiii]; [Hit. Introd. 14]; to become, be, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to be changed into (dat.), [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 13], [Kāś.]; to take place, happen, [Vet. i, 11]; [iv, 25]; to be possible or applicable or suitable, [Suśr.]; to generate, produce, [R. iii, 20, 17]; [Caraṇ.] : Pass. janyate, to be born or produced, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43] : Desid. jijaniṣati, [42], [Kāś.] : Intens. jañjanyate and jājāy°, [43] (cf. [Vop. xx, 17]);

jan : , [cf. γίγνομαι; Lat. gigno, (g)nascor; Hib. genim, ‘I beget, generate’.]

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá mfn. (cf. ṛṣabha) manly, mighty, vigorous, strong (applied like vṛṣan to animate and inanimate objects), [RV.]; [AV.]

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá m. (ifc. f(A). ) a bull (in Veda epithet of various gods, as of Indra, Bṛhas-pati, Parjanya &c.; according to [Sāy.] = varṣayitṛ, ‘a showerer of bounties, benefactor’), [RV.] &c.

vṛṣabha : vṛṣabhá m. the chief, most excellent or eminent, lord or best among (in later language mostly ifc., or with gen.), [ib.]

vṛṣabha : the zodiacal sign Taurus, [VarBṛS.]

vṛṣabha : a partic. drug (described as a root brought from the Himālaya mountains, resembling the horn of a bull, of cooling and tonic properties, and serviceable in catarrh and consumption), [Bhpr.]

vṛṣabha : the hollow or orifice of the ear, [L.]

vṛṣabha : N. of Daśad-yu, [RV.]

vṛṣabha : of an Asura slain by Viṣṇu, [Hariv.] (v.l. ṛṣ°)

vṛṣabha : of one of the sons of the 10th Manu, [MārkP.]

vṛṣabha : of a warrior, [MBh.]

vṛṣabha : of a son of Kuśāgra, [Hariv.] (v.l. ṛṣ°)

vṛṣabha : of a son of Kārtavīrya, [BhP.]

vṛṣabha : (with Jainas) of the first Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [Col.]

vṛṣabha : of a mountain in Giri-vraja, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

vṛṣabha : (in astron.) of the 28th Muhūrta

rava : ráva m. (√ 1. ru) a roar, yell, cry, howl (of animals, wild beasts &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.

rava : song, singing (of birds), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

rava : hum, humming (of bees), [Ragh.]; [Kathās.]

rava : clamour, outcry, [Kathās.]

rava : thunder, [RV.]; [MBh.]

rava : talk, [MW.]

rava : any noise or sound (e.g. the whizz of a bow, the ringing of a bell &c.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

vi : ví m. (nom. vís or vés acc. vím gen. abl. vés; pl. nom. acc. váyas [acc. vīn, [Bhaṭṭ.]]; víbhis, víbhyas, vīnā́m) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.], (also occurring in later language).

vi : [cf. 1. váyas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]

vi : n. an artificial word said to be = anna, [ŚBr.]

vi : ví ind. (prob. for an original dvi, meaning ‘in two parts’; and opp. to sam, q.v.) apart, asunder, in different directions, to and fro, about, away, away from, off, without, [RV.] &c. &c. In [RV.] it appears also as a prep. with acc. denoting ‘through’ or ‘between’ (with ellipse of the verb, e.g. [i, 181, 5]; [x, 86, 20] &c.) It is esp. used as a prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express ‘division’, ‘distinction’, ‘distribution’, ‘arrangement’, ‘order’, ‘opposition’, or ‘deliberation’ (cf. vi-√ bhid, -śiṣ, -dhā, -rudh, -car, with their nominal derivatives)

vi : sometimes it gives a meaning opposite to the idea contained in the simple root (e.g. √ krī, ‘to buy’; vi-√ krī, ‘to sell’), or it intensifies that idea (e.g. √ hiṃs, ‘to injure’; vi-√ hiṃs, ‘to injure severely’). The above 3. ví may also be used in forming compounds not immediately referable to verbs, in which cases it may express ‘difference’ (cf. 1. vi-lakṣaṇa), ‘change’ or ‘variety’ (cf. vi-citra), ‘intensity’ (cf. vi-karāla), ‘manifoldness’ (cf. vi-vidha), ‘contrariety’ (cf. vi-loma), ‘deviation from right’ (cf. vi-śīla), ‘negation’ or ‘privation’ (cf. vi-kaccha, being often used like 3. a, nir, and nis [qq.vv.], and like the Lat. dis, se, and the English a, dis, in, un &c.)

vi : in some cases it does not seem to modify the meaning of the simple word at all (cf. vi-jāmi, vi-jāmātṛ)

vi : it is also used to form proper names out of other proper names (e.g. vi-koka, vi-pṛthu, vi-viṃśa). To save space such words are here mostly collected under one article

vi : but words having several subordinate compounds will be found s.v.

dṛh : dṛṃh or cl. 1. P. dṛ́ṃhati, to make firm, fix, strengthen, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (p. dṛṃhántam, [AV. xii, 29]); Ā. °te, to be firm or strong, [RV.] &c. (trans. = P. only in dṛṃhéthe, [RV. vi, 67, 6], and dṛṃhāmahai, [ŚBr. ii, 1, 9]); cl. 4. P. Ā. only Impf. dṛhya and °hyasva, be strong, [RV.]; cl. 1. darhati, to grow, [Dhātup. xvii, 84] ; pf. dadarha or dadṛṃha; p. Ā. dādṛhāṇá, fixing, holding, [RV. i, 130, 4]; [iv, 26, 6]; fixed, firm, [i, 85, 10]; aor. ádadṛhanta, they were fixed or firm, [x, 82, 1] : Caus. P. Ā. dṛṃhayati, °te, to make firm, fix, establish, [AV.]; [Kauś.]; [Gobh.]

dṛh : See √ dṛṃh and dhṛk.

dvār : dvā́r (fr. √ dvṛ?), gate, door, entrance or issue, fig. expedient, means, opportunity (instr. °rā ifc. by means of, by), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

dvār : [cf. 1. dur, 1. dura and dvāra; Gk. θύρα; Lat. fores; Slav. dvǐrǐ; Lit. dùrys; Got. daur; Old Sax. dor &c.]

adri : ádri m. (√ ad, [Uṇ.]), a stone, a rock, a mountain

adri : a stone for pounding Soma with or grinding it on

adri : a stone for a sling, a thunderbolt

adri : a mountain-shaped mass of clouds

adri : a cloud (the mountains are the clouds personified, and regarded as the enemies of Indra)

adri : a tree, [L.]

adri : the sun, [L.]

adri : N. of a measure

adri : the number seven

adri : N. of a grandson of Pṛthu.

vṛ : cl. 5. 9. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]; [xxxiv, 8]) vṛṇóti, vṛṇuté; vṛṇāti, vṛṇīte; várati, várate (mostly cl. 5. and with the prep. apa or vi; of cl. 9. only avṛṇīdhvam, [AV. vi, 7, 3]; cl. 1. only in [RV.] [cf. also √ ūrṇu]; pf. vavā́ra, vavré, [RV.] &c. &c. [2. sg. vavártha, [RV.]; vavaritha, vavṛma &c. Gr.; p. vavrivás gen. vavavrúṣas, [RV.]]; aor. ávar or ā́var, avṛta, [RV.] [1. sg. vam, 2. du. vartam, 3. pl. avran, p. Ā. vrāṇá, q.v. Impv. vṛdhi, [ib.]]; avārīt, [Br.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Subj. varṣathas, [RV.]; Pot. vriyāt, vūryāt, variṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. varītā or varitā, varīṣyati or variṣyati, [ib.] ; inf. vartum, [MBh.], varitum, [Bhaṭṭ.], varītum, [Sāh.]; ind.p. vṛtvā́, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; vṛlvī́, [RV.]; vṛtvā́ya, [Br.]; -vṛ́tya, [AV.]), to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct, [RV.] &c. &c.; to close (a door), [AitBr.]; to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. vriyate (aor. ávāri), to be covered or surrounded or obstructed or hindered, [RV.]; [MBh.] : Caus. vāráyati, °te (aor. avīvarat, ávīvarata, [AV.]; ávāvarīt, [RV.]; Pass. vāryate, [MBh.] &c.), to cover, conceal, hide, keep back, hold captive, [RV.] &c. &c.; to stop, check, restrain, suppress, hinder, prevent from (abl. or inf.; rarely two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to exclude, [Siddh.]; to prohibit, forbid, [MBh.]; to withhold, [R.]; [Kathās.] &c.: Desid. of Caus. vivārayiṣate, [Br.] : Desid. vivarīṣati or vivariṣati, vuvūrṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. vevrīyate, vovūryate, varvarti, [ib.]

vṛ : [cf. Goth. warjan; Germ. wehren, Wehr; Eng. weir.]

vṛ : cl. 5. Ā. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 8]; [xxxi, 16], [20]) vṛṇoti, vṛṇute; vṛṇā́ti, (mostly) vṛṇīté (in [RV.] also váras, °rat, °ranta, but these may be Subj. aor.; pf. vavāra, [Bhaṭṭ.]; vavre, [RV.] [2. sg. vavṛṣé, 1. pl. vavṛmáhe] &c. &c.; aor. avri, avṛta, [RV.] [Pot. vurīta, p. urāṇá] &c. &c.; avṛṣi, °ṣata, [AV.]; [Br.] [2. pl. avṛḍhvam] [Up.]; avarīṣṭa or avariṣṭa Gr.; Prec. variṣīṣṭa, [ib.]; fut. varītā or varitā, [ib.]; variṣyate, [Br.]; varīṣyate Gr.; inf. varītum, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; varitum Gr.; ind.p. varitvā or vṛtvā, [GṛŚrS.] &c.; varītvā Gr.), to choose, select, choose for one's self, choose as (-arthe or acc. of pers.) or for (-artham or dat., loc. instr. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to choose in marriage, woo, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to ask a person (acc.) for (acc.) or on behalf of (kṛte), [R.]; [Kathās.]; to solicit anything (acc.) from (abl. or -tas), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to ask or request that (Pot. with or without iti), [R.]; [MBh.]; to like better than, prefer to (abl., rarely instr.), [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; to like, love (as opp. to ‘hate’), [MBh. v, 4149]; to choose or pick out a person (for a boon), grant (a boon) to (acc.), [Rājat. iii, 421] : Caus. ([Dhātup. xxxv, 2]) varayati, °te (ep. also vārayati; Pass. varyáte, [Br.]); to choose, choose for one's self, choose as (acc. of pers.) or for (-artham dat. or loc. of thing), ask or sue for (acc.) or on behalf of (dat. or -arthe), choose as a wife (acc. with or without patnīm, dārān, or patny-artham), [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to like, love well, [R.]

vṛ : [cf. Lat. velle; Slav. voliti; Got. wiljian; Germ. wollan, wollen, Wahl, wohl; Angl.Sax. willan; Eng. will.]