विशिष्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিশিষ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬰᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বিশিষ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၐိၑ် (Burmese script)
- વિશિષ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦯꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಶಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
- វិឝិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວິຨິຩ຺ (Lao script)
- വിശിഷ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᡧᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠱᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵିଶିଷ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢯꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
- විශිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩿𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
- விஶிஷ் (Tamil script)
- విశిష్ (Telugu script)
- วิศิษฺ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཤི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + शिष् (śiṣ, root).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.ɕiʂ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.ɕiʂ/
Root
विशिष् • (viśiṣ)
- to distinguish, make distinct or different, particularise, specify, define
- to distinguish (from others), prefer to
- to augment, enhance
- to be pre-eminent, excel, be better than or best among
- to distinguish, define, specify
- to prefer
- to enhance the worth or value of
- to surpass, excel
- to be of much account
Derived terms
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “विशिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 990.