विसर्ग
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিসৰ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬲᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
- বিসর্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိသရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- વિસર્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸਰ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦱꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಸರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- វិសគ៌ (Khmer script)
- ວິສຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- വിസര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠰᠠᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଵିସର୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢱꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- විසර්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- விஸர்க³ (Tamil script)
- విసర్గ (Telugu script)
- วิสรฺค (Thai script)
- ཝི་ས་རྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-, “away; about; in different directions”) + सृज् (sṛj, “to send forth; to release; to emit; etc.”, root) + -अ (-a, nominalization suffix). The root is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to let go, send”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.sɐɾ.ɡɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.s̪ɐɾ.ɡɐ/
Noun
वि॒स॒र्ग • (visargá) stem, m
- liberation, freedom, letting go
- sending forth, emission, discharge
- voiding, evacuation (of excrement)
- cessation, end
- (phonetics) the visarga; the symbol "ः" denoting the voiceless glottal fricative
- Synonym: विसर्जनीय (visarjanīya)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वि॒स॒र्गः (visargáḥ) | वि॒स॒र्गौ (visargáu) वि॒स॒र्गा¹ (visargā́¹) |
वि॒स॒र्गाः (visargā́ḥ) वि॒स॒र्गासः॑¹ (visargā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | वि॒स॒र्गम् (visargám) | वि॒स॒र्गौ (visargáu) वि॒स॒र्गा¹ (visargā́¹) |
वि॒स॒र्गान् (visargā́n) |
| instrumental | वि॒स॒र्गेण॑ (visargéṇa) | वि॒स॒र्गाभ्या॑म् (visargā́bhyām) | वि॒स॒र्गैः (visargáiḥ) वि॒स॒र्गेभिः॑¹ (visargébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वि॒स॒र्गाय॑ (visargā́ya) | वि॒स॒र्गाभ्या॑म् (visargā́bhyām) | वि॒स॒र्गेभ्यः॑ (visargébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वि॒स॒र्गात् (visargā́t) | वि॒स॒र्गाभ्या॑म् (visargā́bhyām) | वि॒स॒र्गेभ्यः॑ (visargébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वि॒स॒र्गस्य॑ (visargásya) | वि॒स॒र्गयोः॑ (visargáyoḥ) | वि॒स॒र्गाणा॑म् (visargā́ṇām) |
| locative | वि॒स॒र्गे (visargé) | वि॒स॒र्गयोः॑ (visargáyoḥ) | वि॒स॒र्गेषु॑ (visargéṣu) |
| vocative | विस॑र्ग (vísarga) | विस॑र्गौ (vísargau) विस॑र्गा¹ (vísargā¹) |
विस॑र्गाः (vísargāḥ) विस॑र्गासः¹ (vísargāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → English: visarga
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “विसर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1001/1.