वृश्चिक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Doublet of बिच्छू (bicchū), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɾɪʃ.t͡ʃɪk/

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vŕścikm

  1. scorpion
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
  3. (astrology) a Scorpio

Declension

Declension of वृश्चिक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct वृश्चिक
vŕścik
वृश्चिक
vŕścik
oblique वृश्चिक
vŕścik
वृश्चिकों
vŕścikõ
vocative वृश्चिक
vŕścik
वृश्चिको
vŕściko

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕik/, [ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕiːk]

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vruścikm

  1. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
  2. (astrology) a Scorpio

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)

वृषभ (vruṣabh)

मिथुन (mithun)

कर्क (karka)

सिंह (siuha)

कन्या (kanyā)

तूळ (tūḷ)

वृश्चिक (vruścik)

धनु (dhanu)

मकर (makar)

कुंभ (kumbha)

मीन (mīn)

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɾist͡sik]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रिस्चिक्

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vr̥ścik)

  1. scorpion
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
  3. (astrology) a Scorpio

See also

Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)

वृष (vr̥ṣ)

मिथुन (mithuna)

कर्कट (karkaṭ)

सिंह (siṅha)

कन्या (kanyā)

तुला (tulā)

वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik)

धनु (dhanu)

मकर (makar)

कुम्भ (kumbha)

मीन (mīna)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably from the root व्रश्च् (vraśc, to cut). The astrological sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpĭ́os).

Pronunciation

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vṛ́ścika) stemm

  1. scorpion
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:
      कु॒षु॒म्भ॒कस्तद॑ब्रवीद्गि॒रेः प्र॑वर्तमान॒कः। वृश्चि॑कस्यार॒सं वि॒षम॑र॒सं वृ॑श्चिक ते वि॒षम्॥
      kuṣumbhakástádabravīdgiréḥ pravartamānakáḥ. vṛ́ścikasyārasáṃ viṣámarasáṃ vṛścika te viṣám.
      Hastening forth at the command (of Agastya), thus spoke the mongoose: the venom of the scorpion is innocuous; scorpion, your venom is innocuous.
  2. (astrology, astronomy) the zodiacal sign Scorpio
  3. centipede
  4. (botany) name of various plants

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वृश्चिक
singular dual plural
nominative वृश्चिकः (vṛ́ścikaḥ) वृश्चिकौ (vṛ́ścikau)
वृश्चिका¹ (vṛ́ścikā¹)
वृश्चिकाः (vṛ́ścikāḥ)
वृश्चिकासः¹ (vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹)
accusative वृश्चिकम् (vṛ́ścikam) वृश्चिकौ (vṛ́ścikau)
वृश्चिका¹ (vṛ́ścikā¹)
वृश्चिकान् (vṛ́ścikān)
instrumental वृश्चिकेन (vṛ́ścikena) वृश्चिकाभ्याम् (vṛ́ścikābhyām) वृश्चिकैः (vṛ́ścikaiḥ)
वृश्चिकेभिः¹ (vṛ́ścikebhiḥ¹)
dative वृश्चिकाय (vṛ́ścikāya) वृश्चिकाभ्याम् (vṛ́ścikābhyām) वृश्चिकेभ्यः (vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ)
ablative वृश्चिकात् (vṛ́ścikāt) वृश्चिकाभ्याम् (vṛ́ścikābhyām) वृश्चिकेभ्यः (vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ)
genitive वृश्चिकस्य (vṛ́ścikasya) वृश्चिकयोः (vṛ́ścikayoḥ) वृश्चिकानाम् (vṛ́ścikānām)
locative वृश्चिके (vṛ́ścike) वृश्चिकयोः (vṛ́ścikayoḥ) वृश्चिकेषु (vṛ́ścikeṣu)
vocative वृश्चिक (vṛ́ścika) वृश्चिकौ (vṛ́ścikau)
वृश्चिका¹ (vṛ́ścikā¹)
वृश्चिकाः (vṛ́ścikāḥ)
वृश्चिकासः¹ (vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣa)

वृषभ (vṛṣabha)

मिथुन (mithuna)

कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)

सिंह (siṃha)

कन्या (kanyā)

तुला (tulā)

वृश्चिक (vṛścika)

धनु (dhanu)

मकर (makara)

कुम्भ (kumbha)

मीन (mīna)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वृश्चिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 575