वलय [वल्-अयन्]
1 A brace let, armlet; विहितविशदबिसकिसलयव- लया जीवति परमिह तव रतिकलया Gīt. 6; Bk. 3. 22; Me. 2, 60; R. 13. 21, 43.
2 A ring, coil; Ś. 1. 33, 7. 11.
3 The zone or girdle of a married woman.
4 A circle, circumference (oft. at the end of comp.); भ्रांतभूवलयः Dk.; वेलावप्रवलयां (उर्वी) R. 1. 30; दिग्वलय Śi. 9. 8.
4 An enclosure, a bower; as in लतावलयमंडप.
−यः
1 A fence, hedge.
2 A branch.
3 A sore throat. (वलयीकृ ‘to form into a bracelet;’ Ku. 5. 66; वलयीभू ‘to serve as a bracelet or girdle’).