Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vrata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: vra-ta
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”).

Origin

Source language: Proto-Indo-European

Word Breakdown

Root: *werh₁-, -

Inflected Forms

vratas (plural)

Questions

What does vrata mean?: A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.
Where does vrata come from?: It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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