भीषण
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit भीषण (bhīṣaṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʱiː.ʂəɳ/, [bʱiː.ʃə̃ɳ]
Adjective
भीषण • (bhīṣaṇ) (indeclinable)
- terrifying, frightening, fearsome
- Synonyms: भयानक (bhayānak), डरावना (ḍarāvnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भीषण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 768
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬪᬷᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
- ভীষণ (Assamese script)
- ভীষণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀻𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌭𑍀𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
- ભીષણ (Gujarati script)
- ਭੀਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦨꦷꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
- ភីឞណ (Khmer script)
- ಭೀಷಣ (Kannada script)
- ຠີຩຓ (Lao script)
- ഭീഷണ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᢈᢈᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဘီၑဏ (Burmese script)
- 𑧅𑧓𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐷𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଭୀଷଣ (Oriya script)
- ꢩꢷꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆵𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
- භීෂණ (Sinhalese script)
- భీషణ (Telugu script)
- ภีษณ (Thai script)
- བྷཱི་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒲𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From भी (bhī, “to fear”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
Adjective
भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa)
- terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible
Noun
भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) n
- the act of terrifying or frightening
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भीषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0758.