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vādī

masc nom sg of vādī (adj); masc nom pl of vādī (adj); fem nom sg of vādī (adj); nt nom pl of vādī (adj); …

1. speaking; saying; telling
2. who professes a doctrine; adherent; lit. speaking
3. speaker; talker; lit. speaking

Etymology. √vad > vād + *ī; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit vādin [vad]

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

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