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वाव (vAva)

 
Capeller Eng
English
वा॑व॑ (indecl. ) surely, just
lays stress on the preceding
word.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
वाव vAva
ind.
indeed
वाव vAva
ind.
even
वाव vAva
ind.
just
Apte
English
वाव [vāva],
ind.
A particle laying stress on the preceding word
उपनिषद्ब्राह्मी वाव उपनिषदमब्रूमेति Ken. 4.7
यतो$भवद्विश्वमिदं विचित्रं संस्थास्यते यत्र वाव तिष्ठते
Bhāg.*
3.22.2.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वा॑व॑
ind.
(a particle laying stress on the word preceding it,
esp.
in relative clauses
also वा॑व॑, [ख॑लु] वा॑व॑, वाव, त्वा॑व॑ [q.v.]) just, indeed, even,
TS.
Br.
(in
ŚBr.
only from book vi),
Up.
BhP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वाव वाव, ind. (i. e. probably वा + एव),
verily, indeed, (sometimes used in a question.)
Macdonell
English
वाव vā́-vá, emphatic pcl. (commonest in rel. 🞄sentences) following the word having the 🞄stress, just, indeed (commonest in Br., occurs 🞄also in TS., U., and Bhāgavata-P.).
Benfey
English
वाव वाव, i. e. probably वा-एव
(Weber, Journ. of the German Oriental
Society, ix. 2, 4)
indecl., used in a
question, Bhāg. P. 6, 9, 38.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
vāva (IE 8-2), one's uncle or a relation of one's father's
generation
cf. vāva-pād-ānudhyāta, ‘meditating on (or,
favoured by) the feet of the uncle (or a relation of one's father's
generation).’
Lanman
English
vā́vá, particle, emphasizing the word which
it follows. surely, just. [for double
acct, see Whitney 94.]
Capeller
German
वा॑व॑ Adv. gewiss, eben.
Stchoupak
French
वाव-
particule encl. qui accentue le mot précédent : notamment,
(cela) même, en vérité, précisément.