वृश्चिक
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Doublet of बिच्छू (bicchū), a tadbhava.
Pronunciation
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vŕścik) m
Declension
Declension of वृश्चिक (masc cons-stem)
Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).
Pronunciation
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vŕścik) m
See also
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| सिंह (siuha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तूळ (tūḷ) | वृश्चिक (vŕścik) | ||||||||
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| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbha) | मीन (mīn) | ||||||||
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रिस्चिक्
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vr̥ścik)
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱৃশ্চিক (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬺᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
- বৃশ্চিক (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰴𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀾𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ဝၖၐ္စိက (Burmese script)
- વૃશ્ચિક (Gujarati script)
- ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਚਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦽꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑃂𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (Kannada script)
- វ្ឫឝ្ចិក (Khmer script)
- ວ຺ຣິຨ຺ຈິກ (Lao script)
- വൃശ്ചിക (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡵᡳᡧᢜᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘵𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠷᠢᠱᢋᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧖𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐺𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଵୃଶ୍ଚିକ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢺꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆸𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖴𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
- වෘශ්චික (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩙𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
- வ்ரிஶ்சிக (Tamil script)
- వృశ్చిక (Telugu script)
- วฺฤศฺจิก (Thai script)
- ཝྲྀ་ཤྩི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒵𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably from the root व्रश्च् (vraśc, “to cut”). The astrological sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vṛ́ścika) stem, m
- scorpion
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:
- कु॒षु॒म्भ॒कस्तद॑ब्रवीद्गि॒रेः प्र॑वर्तमान॒कः। वृश्चि॑कस्यार॒सं वि॒षम॑र॒सं वृ॑श्चिक ते वि॒षम्॥
- kuṣumbhakástádabravīdgiréḥ pravartamānakáḥ. vṛ́ścikasyārasáṃ viṣámarasáṃ vṛścika te viṣám.
- Hastening forth at the command (of Agastya), thus spoke the mongoose: the venom of the scorpion is innocuous; scorpion, your venom is innocuous.
- कु॒षु॒म्भ॒कस्तद॑ब्रवीद्गि॒रेः प्र॑वर्तमान॒कः। वृश्चि॑कस्यार॒सं वि॒षम॑र॒सं वृ॑श्चिक ते वि॒षम्॥
- (astrology, astronomy) the zodiacal sign Scorpio
- centipede
- (botany) name of various plants
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वृश्चिक (vṛ́ścika) | |||
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| Nominative | वृश्चिकः vṛ́ścikaḥ |
वृश्चिकौ / वृश्चिका¹ vṛ́ścikau / vṛ́ścikā¹ |
वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वृश्चिक vṛ́ścika |
वृश्चिकौ / वृश्चिका¹ vṛ́ścikau / vṛ́ścikā¹ |
वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वृश्चिकम् vṛ́ścikam |
वृश्चिकौ / वृश्चिका¹ vṛ́ścikau / vṛ́ścikā¹ |
वृश्चिकान् vṛ́ścikān |
| Instrumental | वृश्चिकेन vṛ́ścikena |
वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām |
वृश्चिकैः / वृश्चिकेभिः¹ vṛ́ścikaiḥ / vṛ́ścikebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वृश्चिकाय vṛ́ścikāya |
वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām |
वृश्चिकेभ्यः vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वृश्चिकात् vṛ́ścikāt |
वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām |
वृश्चिकेभ्यः vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वृश्चिकस्य vṛ́ścikasya |
वृश्चिकयोः vṛ́ścikayoḥ |
वृश्चिकानाम् vṛ́ścikānām |
| Locative | वृश्चिके vṛ́ścike |
वृश्चिकयोः vṛ́ścikayoḥ |
वृश्चिकेषु vṛ́ścikeṣu |
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Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), 𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀙𑀺𑀅 (viṃchia)
- Pali: vicchika
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀅 (vicchia), 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀅 (vicchua)
- Hindi: बिच्छू (bicchū)
- → Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (brichca)
- → Hindi: वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
- → Bengali: বৃশ্চিক (briścik)
- → Kannada: ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (vṛścika)
- → Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (vɨcchekaa)
- → Old Marathi: विश्चिक (viścika)
- → Malayalam: വൃശ്ചികം (vr̥ścikaṁ)
- → Tamil: விருச்சிகம் (viruccikam)
- → Telugu: వృశ్చిక (vr̥ścika), వృశ్చికం (vr̥ścikaṁ), వృశ్చికము (vr̥ścikamu)
- → Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk)
See also
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वृश्चिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 575