विच्छेद
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विच्छेद (viccheda).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪt̪.t͡ʃʰeːd̪/, [ʋɪt̚.t͡ʃʰeːd̪]
Noun
विच्छेद • (vicched) m
- cutting apart, breaking, dividing, separation
- break, discontinuity
- (linguistics) breaking up a sandhi-word into its components
- section, part (of a book)
- elimination, removal
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | विच्छेद vicched |
विच्छेद vicched |
| oblique | विच्छेद vicched |
विच्छेदों vicchedõ |
| vocative | विच्छेद vicched |
विच्छेदो vicchedo |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विच्छेद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “विच्छेद”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विच्छेद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিচ্ছেদ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬘ᭄ᬙᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
- বিচ্ছেদ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိစ္ဆေဒ (Burmese script)
- વિચ્છેદ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਚ੍ਛੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦕ꧀ꦖꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಚ್ಛೇದ (Kannada script)
- វិច្ឆេទ (Khmer script)
- ວິຈ຺ເຉທ (Lao script)
- വിച്ഛേദ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢜᡮᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢋᠼᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
- ଵିଚ୍ଛେଦ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢗ꣄ꢘꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
- විච්ඡෙද (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
- விச்சே²த³ (Tamil script)
- విచ్ఛేద (Telugu script)
- วิจฺเฉท (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཙྪེ་ད (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + छेद (cheda) or from विच्छिद् (vicchid), from Proto-Indo-European *vi + *skeyd-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋit.t͡ɕʰɐj.dɐ/, [ʋit̚.t͡ɕʰɐj.dɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋit̪.t͡ɕʰeː.d̪ɐ/, [ʋit̪̚.t͡ɕʰeː.d̪ɐ]
Noun
विच्छेद • (viccheda) stem, m
- cutting apart, breaking, dividing, separation
- break, interruption, cessation, discontinuance
- removal, prohibition
- dissension
- a section or division of a book
- interval, space
- interruption in family succession, failure of issue
- distinction, difference, variety
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विच्छेदः (vicchedaḥ) | विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹) |
विच्छेदाः (vicchedāḥ) विच्छेदासः¹ (vicchedāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | विच्छेदम् (vicchedam) | विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹) |
विच्छेदान् (vicchedān) |
| instrumental | विच्छेदेन (vicchedena) | विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām) | विच्छेदैः (vicchedaiḥ) विच्छेदेभिः¹ (vicchedebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | विच्छेदाय (vicchedāya) | विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām) | विच्छेदेभ्यः (vicchedebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विच्छेदात् (vicchedāt) | विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām) | विच्छेदेभ्यः (vicchedebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विच्छेदस्य (vicchedasya) | विच्छेदयोः (vicchedayoḥ) | विच्छेदानाम् (vicchedānām) |
| locative | विच्छेदे (vicchede) | विच्छेदयोः (vicchedayoḥ) | विच्छेदेषु (vicchedeṣu) |
| vocative | विच्छेद (viccheda) | विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹) |
विच्छेदाः (vicchedāḥ) विच्छेदासः¹ (vicchedāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “विच्छेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 959.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “viccheda”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विच्छेद”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विच्छेद”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press