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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरिष्ठ (váriṣṭha).
Pronunciation
Adjective
वरिष्ठ • (variṣṭh) (indeclinable)
- senior, higher-ranked
- Antonym: कनिष्ठ (kaniṣṭh)
- वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ― variṣṭh adhikārī ― senior officer
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwáriṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
वरिष्ठ • (váriṣṭha) stem
- superlative degree of वर (vara); dearest, choicest, best
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
वरिष्ठ • (váriṣṭha) stem
- superlative degree of उरु (uru); widest, most encompassing, having the widest circumference
See also
- वरीयस् (várīyas, “better, wider”)
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