وس

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Old Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wisós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás
    Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)
    Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)
    Old Punjabi وس (vs)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

    Noun

    وِسُ (visu) m (Gurmukhi ਵਿਸੁ)

    1. poison

    Descendants

    • Punjabi: viss, vihu
      Gurmukhi script: ਵਿੱਸ, ਵਿਹੁ
      Shahmukhi script: وِسّ, وِہُ

    References

    • “ਵਿਸੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025

    Punjabi

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *wisós
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás
      Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)
      Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)
      Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu)
      Punjabi وس (vs)

      Inherited from Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      وِسّ • (viss) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿੱਸ)

      1. poison, venom, toxin
        Synonym: زَہر (zahr)
      2. (figurative) anger, sullenness

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • “ਵਿੱਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
      • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِسّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
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