पश्चिम

See also: पश्चिमी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəʃ.t͡ʃɪm/, [pɐʃ.t͡ʃɪ̃m]

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) m (Urdu spelling پشچم)

1. west

Declension

Declension of पश्चिम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पश्चिम paścim	पश्चिम paścim
oblique	पश्चिम paścim	पश्चिमों paścimõ
vocative	पश्चिम paścim	पश्चिमो paścimo

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottar)	उत्तर (uttar)	पूर्वोत्तर (pūrvottar)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrv)
दक्षिण-पश्चिम (dakṣiṇ-paścim)	दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ)	दक्षिण-पूर्व (dakṣiṇ-pūrv)

Derived terms

• पश्चिमी (paścimī)

Marathi

पश्चिम दिशा

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəɕ.t͡ɕim/, [pəɕ.t͡ɕiːm]

Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścim)

1. western

   Synonym: पाश्चिमात्य (pāścimātya)

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) f

1. west

See also

• (compass points) दिशा;

वायव्य (vāyavya)	उत्तर (uttar)	ईशान्य (īśānya)
पश्चिम (paścim)		पूर्व (pūrva)
नैऋत्य (naiŕtya)	दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ)	आग्नेय (āgney)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पश्चिम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पश्चिम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌst͡sim]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पस्चिम्

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim)

1. west

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পশ্চিম (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬫ (Balinese script)
• পশ্চিম (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ပၐ္စိမ (Burmese script)
• પશ્ચિમ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸ਼੍ਚਿਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (Kannada script)
• បឝ្ចិម (Khmer script)
• ປຨ຺ຈິມ (Lao script)
• പശ്ചിമ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡧᢜᡳᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠱᢋᠢᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐩 (Newa script)
• ପଶ୍ଚିମ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖦 (Siddham script)
• පශ‍්චිම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚢 (Takri script)
• பஶ்சிம (Tamil script)
• పశ్చిమ (Telugu script)
• ปศฺจิม (Thai script)
• པ་ཤྩི་མ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to पश्चा (paścā); both from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠pasā⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕi.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɕ.t͡ɕi.mɐ/

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścima) stem, ?

1. west, western

Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścima)

1. ancient, old
2. western

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottara)	उत्तर (uttara)	ईशान (īśāna)
पश्चिम (paścima)		पूर्व (pūrva)
दक्षिणपश्चिम (dakṣiṇapaścima)	दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)	दक्षिणपूर्व (dakṣiṇapūrva)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀫 (pacchuma, “hinder, western”)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (pachyumü, “the west”)
• Western:
  • Shauraseni Prakrit:
    • Punjabi:
      • Gurmukhi script: ਪਛਵਾ (pachvā, “west wind”)
      • Shahmukhi script: پَچوَا (pacoā, “western”)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: पच्वां (pacvā̃)
      • Urdu: پَچوَاں (pacvā̃)
• Southern:
  • Elu Prakrit:
    • Sinhalese: පැසිම් (pæsim, “last”), පැසුම් (pæsum, “last, west”)

Borrowed terms

• Dhivehi: ފަކުސަމަ (fakusama, “west, occident”)
• Toba Batak: pastima
• Bengali: পশ্চিম (pościm)
• Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ (paścim)
• Hindi: पश्चिम (paścim)
• Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (paścima)
• Khmer: បស្ចិម (bahcəm)
• Marathi: पश्चिम (paścim)
• Nepali: पश्चिम (paścim)
• Old Javanese: paścima
  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦕꦶꦩ (pracima), ꦥꦕꦶꦩ (pacima), ꦥꦱ꧀ꦕꦶꦩ (pascima) (inherited)
• Pali: pacchima
• Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮ (paccham)
• Rohingya: fosím
• Telugu: పశ్చిమ (paścima)
• Thai: ประจิม (bprà-jim)