وس

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Old Punjabi وس (vs)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

Noun

وِسُ (visu) m (Gurmukhi ਵਿਸੁ)

1. poison

Descendants

• Punjabi: viss, vihu

  Gurmukhi script: ਵਿੱਸ, ਵਿਹੁ

  Shahmukhi script: وِسّ, وِہُ

References

• “ਵਿਸੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• وِہُ (vihu)
• وِسُّو (vissū)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu)

Punjabi وس (vs)

Inherited from Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪsːᵊ/

Noun

وِسّ • (viss) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿੱਸ)

1. poison, venom, toxin

   Synonym: زَہر (zahr)

2. (figurative) anger, sullenness

Derived terms

• وِسُوࣇا (visūḷā, “poisonous, toxic”, adjective)

Further reading

• “ਵਿੱਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِسّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz