वध्या

See also: वाद्य and वद्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱধ্যা (Assamese script)
ᬯᬥ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
বধ্যা (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဝဓျာ (Burmese script)
વધ્યા (Gujarati script)
ਵਧ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦣꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ವಧ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
វធ្យា (Khmer script)
ວຘ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
വധ്യാ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᢡᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ଵଧ୍ଯା (Odia script)
ꢮꢤ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
වධ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
வத்⁴யா (Tamil script)
వధ్యా (Telugu script)
วธฺยา (Thai script)
ཝ་དྷྱཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वध्य (vadhya, “to be destroyed or annhihilated, to be punished”), from √वध (vadha, “the act of killing, striking, hurting”). Compare वधति (vadhati, “to kill, to slay”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́dʱ.jɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Noun

वध्या • (vadhyā) stem, m

murder, killing
- दण्डी, दशकुमारचरित :
  धन्यकस्तु दत्तपश्चाद्बन्धो वध्यभूमिं नीयमानो ऽधिकृतं जगाद...
  dhanyakastu dattapaścādbandho vadhyabhūmiṃ nīyamāno ʼdhikṛtaṃ jagāda...
  But Dhanyaka, with hands tied arear and being conducted to the killingplace, said to the judge...

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press