विश्
See also: वंश
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বিশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၐ် (Burmese script)
- વિશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
- វិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວິຨ຺ (Lao script)
- വിശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵିଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- විශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- விஶ் (Tamil script)
- విశ్ (Telugu script)
- วิศฺ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋíɕ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋiɕ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wíṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱs (“village, household”).
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *vьsь (“village”), Latin vīcus, Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village, place”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯 (vīs), Albanian vis (“place, land, country”).
Noun
विश् • (víś) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विट् (víṭ) | विशौ (víśau) विशा¹ (víśā¹) |
विशः (víśaḥ) |
| accusative | विशम् (víśam) | विशौ (víśau) विशा¹ (víśā¹) |
विशः (víśaḥ) |
| instrumental | विशा (viśā́) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyā́m) | विड्भिः (viḍbhíḥ) |
| dative | विशे (viśé) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyā́m) | विड्भ्यः (viḍbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | विशः (viśáḥ) | विड्भ्याम् (viḍbhyā́m) | विड्भ्यः (viḍbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | विशः (viśáḥ) | विशोः (viśóḥ) | विशाम् (viśā́m) |
| locative | विशि (viśí) | विशोः (viśóḥ) | विक्षु (vikṣú) |
| vocative | विट् (víṭ) | विशौ (víśau) विशा¹ (víśā¹) |
विशः (víśaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-
Sanskrit विश् (viś)
From Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“to settle”), related to Etymology 1.
Alternative forms
- वेश् (veś)
Root
विश् • (viś)
- to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into, pervade
- to be absorbed into
- (astronomy) to come into conjunction with
- (with अग्निम्, ज्वलनम् etc.) to enter the fire (i.e. ascend the funeral pyre)
- (with अपस्) to sink or be immersed in the water
- to enter (a house etc.)
- to appear (on the stage)
- to go home or to rest
- to sit down upon
- to resort or betake one's self to
- (of rivers and armies etc.) to flow into (and join with)
- to flow or redound to, fall to the share of
- to occur to (as a thought)
- to befall, come to (as death)
- to belong to, exist for
- to fall or get into any state or condition
- to enter upon, undertake, begin
- to mind (any business), attend to
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root विश् (1 c, 8 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root विश् (14 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- विष्ट (viṣṭá) (Past Participle)
- वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum) (Infinitive)
- वेष्टवै (veṣṭavai) (Infinitive)
- विशम् (víśam) (Infinitive)
- विश्य (víśya) (Gerund)
- वेष्टव्य (veṣṭavya) (Gerundive)
- वेशयितव्य (veśayitavya) (Causative Gerundive)
- विविक्षु (vivikṣu) (Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- विश् (víś)
- विशन (viśana)
- वेश (veśá)
- वेशन (véśana)
- वेशस् (veśás)
- वेशिन् (veśin)
- वेश्मन् (véśman)
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “विश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 989, columns 1-2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “viś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 561; 584