वरिष्ठ

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरिष्ठ (váriṣṭha).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɾɪʂʈʰ/,

Adjective

वरिष्ठ (variṣṭh) (indeclinable)

  1. senior, higher-ranked
    Antonym: कनिष्ठ (kaniṣṭh)
    वरिष्ठ अधिकारीvariṣṭh adhikārīsenior 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

  1. superlative degree of वर (vara); dearest, choicest, best
Derived terms

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

  1. superlative degree of उरु (uru); widest, most encompassing, having the widest circumference

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