واك

वाक् vāk (euphon. changed to vāgin comp. before j, d, g, etc.), s.m. Speech, talk, language, discourse; a word, saying, phrase; dialect:—vāk-pārushya, s.m. Harshness or severity of language; abuse, contumelious language, scurrility; defamation, slander, calumny, libel:—vāk-paṭu, adj. & s.m. Skilled in speech, eloquent;—an eloquent person:—vāk-paṭutā, s.f., or vāk-paṭutva, s.m. Skill or ability in speech, eloquence:—vāk-ćāpalya, s.m. Frivolity of speech, gossiping, chattering; gossip, chatter; idle or improper talk:—vāk-ćapal, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Frivolous or inconsistent in speech; chattering; impertinent;—an inconsistent or frivolous talker; an idle prater:—vāk-ćhal, s.m. 'Fraud in speech'; prevarication, equivocation:—vāg-jāl, s.m. A multitude of words; a collection of sentences;—multiloquence; circumlocution;—bombast;—an ensnaring speech or utterance; a prevarication, an equivocation:—vāg-dān, s.m. 'Gift by word of mouth,' the promise of a maiden in marriage, betrothal:—vāg-datt, adj. (f. -ā), 'Given by word of mouth,' promised (in marriage), betrothed:—vāg-dattā, s.f. A betrothed virgin:—vāg-dushṭ, adj. (f. -ā), Speaking ill or abusively, abusive, scurrilous; defamatory;—vituperated;—speaking badly or ungrammatically:—vāg-daṇḍ, s.m. 'Speechassault'; reprimand, reproof, rebuke;—abusive or scurrilous language:—vāg-dosh, s.m. 'Speech-vice'; evil-speaking, defamation, calumny; abuse;—ungrammatical speech:—vāg-devī, s.f. 'The goddess of speech or eloquence,' an epithet of Sarasvatī:—vāg-vād, s.m. A war of words, altercation (see vāgyuddh):—vāg-vidagdha, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Skilled in language, clever in speech; of fascinating address; bland;—a person of bland or winning address:—vāg-var, adj. (f. -ā, or -ī), Well-spoken:—vāg-yuddh, s.m. War of words, controversy, debate; altercation:—vāg-īś, vulg. vāg-īs, s.m. A master of language; an eloquent man; an orator;—an epithet of Vrihas-pati, the preceptor of the gods;—adj. Eloquent.