विध्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিধ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বিধ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိဓ် (Burmese script)
- વિધ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಧ್ (Kannada script)
- វិធ៑ (Khmer script)
- ວິຘ຺ (Lao script)
- വിധ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵିଧ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
- විධ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
- வித்⁴ (Tamil script)
- విధ్ (Telugu script)
- วิธฺ (Thai script)
- ཝི་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋidʱ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋid̪ʱ/
Etymology 1
From वि- (vi-, “distinction prefix”) + the root धा (dhā, “to place, put”).[1]
Root
विध् • (vidh)
- to worship, honor a god with
- to present reverentially, offer, dedicate
- to be gracious or kind, befriend (said of Indra)
- (also विन्ध् (vindh)) to be destitute or bereft of, lack, want
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- वि॒न्धते॑ (vindháte, present)
- अवि॑धत् (ávidhat, aorist)
Derived nominal forms
- वे॒धस् (vedhás)
- विध (vidha)
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root विध् not found
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root विध् not found
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “VIDH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 555
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “विध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 967, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “विध्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 160
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “विध्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Etymology 2
Variant of व्यध् (vyadh).
Root
विध् • (vidh)
- weak form of व्यध् (vyadh, “to pierce”)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “विध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 967, column 2.