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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
- বি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိ (Burmese script)
- વિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿ (Kannada script)
- វិ (Khmer script)
- ວິ (Lao script)
- വി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
- வி (Tamil script)
- వి (Telugu script)
- วิ (Thai script)
- ཝི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi. Cognate with elements of Hittite (na-wi, “not yet”) and Old English wiþ (English with).
Alternative forms
- वि- (vi-) (combining form)
Adverb
वि • (ví)
- apart
- asunder
- in different directions
- to and fro, about
- away, away from
- off
- without
Preposition
वि • (ví) (+ accusative)
- through
- between
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Latin avis (“bird”), Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (vaiia).
Alternative forms
Noun
वि • (ví) stem, m
- a bird
Inflection
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 549-550
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-8