वि-

From Sanskrit वि- (vi-).

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

Borrowed from Sanskrit वि- (vi-).

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“apart, away”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (nawi, “not yet”), Old English wiþ (whence English with). Prefixal form of वि (vi).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi/

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

   ‎वि- (vi-) + ‎फल (phala, “fruit, result”) → ‎विफल (viphala, “fruitless, useless”)

• → Hindi: वि- (vi-)
• → Malayalam: വി- (vi-)
• → Marathi: वि- (vi-)
• Pali: vi-
• Romani: bi

• Monier Williams (1899) “वि-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 949/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 549-50