वृश्चिक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Doublet of बिच्छू (bicchū), a tadbhava.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɾɪʃ.t͡ʃɪk/
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vŕścik) m
- scorpion
- (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
- (astrology) a Scorpio
Declension
Declension of वृश्चिक (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | वृश्चिक vŕścik | वृश्चिक vŕścik |
| oblique | वृश्चिक vŕścik | वृश्चिकों vŕścikõ |
| vocative | वृश्चिक vŕścik | वृश्चिको vŕściko |
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɾist͡sik]
- Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रिस्चिक्
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vr̥ścik)
- scorpion
- (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
- (astrology) a Scorpio
See also
| Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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| मेष (meṣ) ♈︎ | वृष (vr̥ṣ) ♉︎ | मिथुन (mithun) ♊︎ | कर्कट (karkaṭ) ♋︎ | ||||||||
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| सिंह (siṅha) ♌︎ | कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎ | तुला (tulā) ♎︎ | वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik) ♏︎ | ||||||||
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| धनु (dhanu) ♐︎ | मकर (makar) ♑︎ | कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎ | मीन (mīn) ♓︎ | ||||||||
Sanskrit
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Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬺᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
- ৱৃশ্চিক (Assamese script)
- বৃশ্চিক (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰴𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀾𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
- વૃશ્ચિક (Gujarati script)
- ਵ੍ਹਸ਼ੑਚਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦽꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
- វ្ឫឝ្ចិក (Khmer script)
- ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (Kannada script)
- ວ຺ຣິຨ຺ຈິກ (Lao script)
- വൃശ്ചിക (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘵𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠷᢈᠱᢋᢈᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᡵᡳᡧᢜᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဝၖၐ္စိက (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧖𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐺𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଵୃଶ୍ଚିକ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢺꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆸𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖴𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
- වෘශ්චික (Sinhalese script)
- వృశ్చిక (Telugu script)
- วฺฤศฺจิก (Thai script)
- ཝྲྀ་ཤྩི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒵𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root व्रश्च् (vraśc, “to cut”). The astrological sense is a translation of Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋŕ̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋr̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/
Noun
वृश्चिक • (vṛ́ścika) m
- scorpion
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:
- कुषुम्भकस्तदब्रवीद्गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः।
वृश्चिकस्यारसं विषमरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम्॥- kuṣumbhakastadabravīdgireḥ pravartamānakaḥ.
vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣamarasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam. - Forth issuing from the mountain's side the poison-insect spake and said:
"The scorpion's poison is weak. Scorpion, thy venom is but weak."
- kuṣumbhakastadabravīdgireḥ pravartamānakaḥ.
- कुषुम्भकस्तदब्रवीद्गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः।
- (astrology, astronomy) the zodiacal sign Scorpio
- centipede
- (botany) name of various plants
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वृश्चिक (vṛ́ścika) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वृश्चिकः vṛ́ścikaḥ | वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau | वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वृश्चिक vṛ́ścika | वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau | वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वृश्चिकम् vṛ́ścikam | वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau | 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:
- Assamese: বিছা (bisa)
- Bengali: বিচ্ছু (bicchu)
- Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠍꠣ (bisá)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), 𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀙𑀺𑀅 (viṃchia)
- Old Marathi: विंचु (viṃcu)
- Marathi: विंचू (viñcū)
- Old Marathi: विंचु (viṃcu)
- Pali: vicchika
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀅 (vicchia), 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀅 (vicchua)
- Hindi: बिच्छू (bicchū)
- → Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (brichca)
- → Hindi: वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
- → Bengali: বৃশ্চিক (bŕścik)
- → Kannada: ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (vṛścika)
- → Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (vɨcchekaa)
- → Old Marathi: विश्चिक (viścika)
- → Tamil: விருச்சிக (viruccika)
- → Telugu: వృశ్చిక (vr̥ścika), వృశ్చికం (vr̥ścikaṁ), వృశ్చికము (vr̥ścikamu)
- → Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वृश्चिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1011.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press