वि
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ৱি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶ (Balinese script)
- বি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိ (Burmese script)
- વિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿ (Kannada script)
- វិ (Khmer script)
- ວິ (Lao script)
- വി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰 (Siddham script)
- වි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
- வி (Tamil script)
- వి (Telugu script)
- วิ (Thai script)
- ཝི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wí, from Proto-Indo-European *wi. Cognate with elements of Hittite [script needed] (na-wi, “not yet”) and Old English wiþ (English with).[1]
Alternative forms edit
- वि- (vi-) (combining form)
Adverb edit
वि • (ví)
- apart
- asunder
- in different directions
- to and fro, about
- away, away from
- off
- without
Preposition edit
वि • (ví) (+ accusative)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”). Cognate with Latin avis (“bird”), Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós, “eagle”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀 (vaiia).[2]
Alternative forms edit
- वय् (vay)
Noun edit
वि • (ví) stem, m
- a bird
Inflection edit
| Masculine i-stem declension of वि (ví) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विः / वेः víḥ / véḥ |
वी vī́ |
वयः váyaḥ |
| Vocative | वे vé |
वी vī́ |
वयः váyaḥ |
| Accusative | विम् vím |
वी vī́ |
वीन् vī́n |
| Instrumental | विना / व्या¹ vínā / vyā́¹ |
विभ्याम् víbhyām |
विभिः víbhiḥ |
| Dative | वये váye |
विभ्याम् víbhyām |
विभ्यः víbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वेः / व्यः¹ véḥ / vyàḥ¹ |
विभ्याम् víbhyām |
विभ्यः víbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वेः / व्यः¹ véḥ / vyàḥ¹ |
व्योः vyóḥ |
वीनाम् vīnā́m |
| Locative | वौ / वा¹ vaú / vā́¹ |
व्योः vyóḥ |
विषु víṣu |
| Notes |
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References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “वि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 949/3.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 549-550
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 507-8