विस्मय
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit विस्मय (vismaya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪs.məj/, [ʋɪs.mɐj]
Noun
विस्मय • (vismay) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | विस्मय vismay |
विस्मय vismay |
| oblique | विस्मय vismay |
विस्मयों vismayõ |
| vocative | विस्मय vismay |
विस्मयो vismayo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विस्मय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৱিস্ময় (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬲ᭄ᬫᬬ (Balinese script)
- বিস্ময় (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိသ္မယ (Burmese script)
- વિસ્મય (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ੍ਮਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦱ꧀ꦩꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಸ್ಮಯ (Kannada script)
- វិស្មយ (Khmer script)
- ວິສ຺ມຍ (Lao script)
- വിസ്മയ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᠰ᠌ᠮᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠰᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଵିସ୍ମଯ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢱ꣄ꢪꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖧 (Siddham script)
- විස්මය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚣 (Takri script)
- விஸ்மய (Tamil script)
- విస్మయ (Telugu script)
- วิสฺมย (Thai script)
- ཝི་སྨ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-, “apart, asunder”) + स्मय (smaya, “pride, conceit”), itself from स्मि (smi, “to smile, to laugh, be arrogant”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋis.mɐ.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/
Noun
विस्मय • (vismaya) stem, m
Derived terms
- विस्मयकर (vismayakara, “astonishing, wonderful”)
- विस्मयन (vismayana, “wonder, astonishment”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “विस्मय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1002.