विकल्प
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विकल्प (vikalpa). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) + कल्प (kalp).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.kəlp/, [ʋɪ.kɐlp]
Noun
विकल्प • (vikalp) m (Urdu spelling وِکَلپ) (formal)
- choice, alternative
- indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
- mistake, error
- (rare) god, divine being
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान
- variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | विकल्प vikalp |
विकल्प vikalp |
| oblique | विकल्प vikalp |
विकल्पों vikalpõ |
| vocative | विकल्प vikalp |
विकल्पो vikalpo |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विकल्प”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विकल्प”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “विकल्प”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “विकल्प”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিকল্প (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬓᬮ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
- বিকল্প (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰩𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိကလ္ပ (Burmese script)
- વિકલ્પ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਕਲ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦏꦭ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂪𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಕಲ್ಪ (Kannada script)
- វិកល្ប (Khmer script)
- ວິກລ຺ປ (Lao script)
- വികല്പ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᡬᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘩𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢉᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧉𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐮𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
- ଵିକଲ୍ପ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢒꢭ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆬𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖩𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
- විකල්ප (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩽 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚥𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
- விகல்ப (Tamil script)
- వికల్ప (Telugu script)
- วิกลฺป (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཀ་ལྤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒪𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨬𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + कॢप् (kḷp, root) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.kɐl.pɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.kɐl̪.pɐ/
Noun
विकल्प • (vikalpa) stem, m
- an intermediate kalpa, the interval between two kalpas
- choice, alternative, option
- variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness
- contrivance, art
- difference of perception, distinction
- indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
- admission, statement
- false notion, fancy, imagination
- calculation
- mental occupation, thinking
- synonym of कल्पस्थान (kalpasthāna, “the art of preparing drugs”)
- (rhetoric) antithesis of opposites
- (grammar) admission of an option or alternative, the allowing a rule to be observed or not at pleasure
- a collateral form
- god, divine being
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ईश
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विकल्पः (vikalpaḥ) | विकल्पौ (vikalpau) विकल्पा¹ (vikalpā¹) |
विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) विकल्पासः¹ (vikalpāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | विकल्पम् (vikalpam) | विकल्पौ (vikalpau) विकल्पा¹ (vikalpā¹) |
विकल्पान् (vikalpān) |
| instrumental | विकल्पेन (vikalpena) | विकल्पाभ्याम् (vikalpābhyām) | विकल्पैः (vikalpaiḥ) विकल्पेभिः¹ (vikalpebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | विकल्पाय (vikalpāya) | विकल्पाभ्याम् (vikalpābhyām) | विकल्पेभ्यः (vikalpebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विकल्पात् (vikalpāt) | विकल्पाभ्याम् (vikalpābhyām) | विकल्पेभ्यः (vikalpebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विकल्पस्य (vikalpasya) | विकल्पयोः (vikalpayoḥ) | विकल्पानाम् (vikalpānām) |
| locative | विकल्पे (vikalpe) | विकल्पयोः (vikalpayoḥ) | विकल्पेषु (vikalpeṣu) |
| vocative | विकल्प (vikalpa) | विकल्पौ (vikalpau) विकल्पा¹ (vikalpā¹) |
विकल्पाः (vikalpāḥ) विकल्पासः¹ (vikalpāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- बहुविकल्पीय (bahuvikalpīya)
Descendants
- → Hindustani: (learned)
- Hindi: विकल्प (vikalp)
- Urdu: وِکَلپ (vikalp)
- Tamil: விகற்பம் (vikaṟpam)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “विकल्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 955, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “vikalpa”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan