वरिष्ठ
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरिष्ठ (váriṣṭha).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɾɪʂʈʰ/, [ʋɐ.ɾɪʂʈʰ]
Adjective
वरिष्ठ • (variṣṭh) (indeclinable)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱৰিষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬭᬶᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- বরিষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰨𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- ဝရိၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- વરિષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਰਿਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌰𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦫꦶꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂩𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ವರಿಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- វរិឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ວຣິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- വരിഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᡵᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘨𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠷᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧈𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐬𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ଵରିଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢬꢶꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆫𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖨𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- වරිෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩼𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- வரிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- వరిష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- วริษฺฐ (Thai script)
- ཝ་རི་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒩𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨫𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwáriṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́.ɾiʂ.ʈʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.ɾiʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Adjective
वरि॑ष्ठ • (váriṣṭha) stem
Derived terms
- वरिष्ठक (váriṣṭhaka, “most excellent, best”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwáriṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”). Related to वरुण (váruṇa, “Varuna”).
Adjective
वरि॑ष्ठ • (váriṣṭha) stem
- superlative degree of उरु (uru); widest, most encompassing, having the widest circumference
See also
- वरीयस् (várīyas, “better, wider”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वरिष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 921,922,923.