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vāto

vāta

masc nom sg of vāta (noun); masc nom sg of vāta (pp)

1. wind; breeze
2. atmosphere; air; vibe
3. spray
4. with an atmosphere; having an air; with a vibe; lit. blown
5. air
6. (of the stomach) gas; wind

Built from

• vāt — root · blow, move
  The root √vā denotes the action of blowing or moving through air. In Pali compounds it appears as vāt-, giving rise to nouns and adjectives describing wind, air, and related phenomena.
• a — ending · masculine singular
  The masculine -a ending marks the nominative singular form, one of the primary declensional forms of masculine a-stem nouns in Pali.

Etymology. From the root √vā meaning 'to blow' or 'to move through the air'; cognate with Latin ventus (wind), Greek aero- (air), and English weather. The sense moves from the concrete action of blowing to the thing that blows—air in motion. Related to Sanskrit vāta via the same root.

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

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