vāhaṁ

vāha

accusative singular masculine of vāha

vehicle, conveyance
bearer, carrier

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vāh — root · carry, bear
The root vah- 'carry' appears across Indo-European (Sanskrit vah-, English 'wain', 'way' from the sense of a traveled path). In Pali it forms nouns meaning 'vehicle' or 'carrier' and verbs meaning 'to convey'.
a — ending · masculine singular nominative stem
The suffix -a marks the masculine nominative stem, forming the basis for all oblique cases. The accusative -ṁ is appended to this stem.

Etymology. From √vah 'carry, bear' (Sanskrit vahati, English 'wain' a farm wagon from PIE *weǵh-). The root preserves the concrete image of bearing a load.

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

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