विशेषण

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.ʃeː.ʂəɳ/,

विशेषण • (viśeṣaṇ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وشيشن) (rare, formal)

1. distinguishing, discriminative, specifying, qualifying

विशेषण • (viśeṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling وشيشن)

1. the act of distinguishing, distinction, discrimination, particularisation
2. a distinguishing mark or attribute
3. (grammar) an adjective
4. a species, kind

• क्रियाविशेषण (kriyāviśeṣaṇ, “adverb”)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विशेषण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विशेषण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “विशेषण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa).

IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɕe.ʂəɳ/

विशेषण • (viśeṣaṇ) n

1. (grammar) adjective

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विशेषण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

From वि- (vi-) +‎ शिष् (śiṣ, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɕɐj.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈɕeː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

विशेषण • (viśeṣaṇa) stem

1. distinguishing, discriminative, specifying, qualifying
2. distinctive (as a property)

विशेषण • (viśeṣaṇa) stem, n

1. the act of distinguishing, distinction, discrimination, particularisation
2. a distinguishing mark or attribute; a difference
   • c. 150 CE – 250 CE, Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 25.19:

     न संसारस्य निर्वाणात् किंचिद् अस्ति विशेषणम् ।
     न निर्वाणस्य संसारात् किंचिद् अस्ति विशेषणम् ॥

     na saṃsārasya nirvāṇāt kiṃcid asti viśeṣaṇam.
     na nirvāṇasya saṃsārāt kiṃcid asti viśeṣaṇam.

     Not a bit about samsara is the difference from nirvana.
     Not a bit about nirvana is the difference from samsara.

3. (grammar) a word which particularises or defines; an adjective
4. a species, kind
5. surpassing, excelling
6. (rhetoric) a figure of speech in which the excellence of a thing is implied by comparing it to some highly prized object

• Pali: visesana
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ)

  Urdu: وشیشن (viśeṣaṇ)

• → Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ (viśeśaṇ)

• Monier Williams (1899) “विशेषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 991, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विशेषण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan