विपरीत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विपरीत (viparīta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪp.ɾiːt̪/

Adjective

विपरीत • (viprīt) (indeclinable)

1. reversed, opposing, backwards
   • 1877, Swami Dayanand Sarasvati, Gokarunanidhi :

     […] न्याय का अन्याय और अन्याय का न्याय आदि विपरीत कर्म करता है।

     […] nyāy kā anyāy aur anyāy kā nyāy ādi viprīt karm kartā hai.

     [he makes] right into wrong and wrong into right, that is to say he does his work backwards.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিপৰীত (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬧᬭᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• বিপরীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰢𑰨𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀧𑀭𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိပရီတ (Burmese script)
• વિપરીત (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਪਰੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌪𑌰𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦥꦫꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂣𑂩𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಪರೀತ (Kannada script)
• វិបរីត (Khmer script)
• ວິປຣີຕ (Lao script)
• വിപരീത (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢒᠠᡵᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘢𑘨𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢒᠠᠷᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧂𑧈𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐥𑐬𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଵିପରୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢦꢬꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆥𑆫𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖢𑖨𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• විපරීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩰𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚞𑚤𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• விபரீத (Tamil script)
• విపరీత (Telugu script)
• วิปรีต (Thai script)
• ཝི་པ་རཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒣𑒩𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨞𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

वि- (vi-) +‎ परीत (parīta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.pɐ.ɾiː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋi.pɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

विपरीत • (viparīta) stem

1. turned round, reversed, inverted
2. being the reverse of anything, acting in a [contrary]] manner, opposite, contrary to
3. going asunder or in different directions, various, different
4. perverse, wrong, contrary to rule
5. adverse, inauspicious, unfavorable
6. false, untrue

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विपरीत
Nom. sg.	विपरीतः (viparītaḥ)
Gen. sg.	विपरीतस्य (viparītasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विपरीतः (viparītaḥ)	विपरीतौ (viparītau)	विपरीताः (viparītāḥ)
Vocative	विपरीत (viparīta)	विपरीतौ (viparītau)	विपरीताः (viparītāḥ)
Accusative	विपरीतम् (viparītam)	विपरीतौ (viparītau)	विपरीतान् (viparītān)
Instrumental	विपरीतेन (viparītena)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतैः (viparītaiḥ)
Dative	विपरीताय (viparītāya)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतेभ्यः (viparītebhyaḥ)
Ablative	विपरीतात् (viparītāt)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतेभ्यः (viparītebhyaḥ)
Genitive	विपरीतस्य (viparītasya)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतानाम् (viparītānām)
Locative	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतेषु (viparīteṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of विपरीत
Nom. sg.	विपरीता (viparītā)
Gen. sg.	विपरीतायाः (viparītāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विपरीता (viparītā)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीताः (viparītāḥ)
Vocative	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीताः (viparītāḥ)
Accusative	विपरीताम् (viparītām)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीताः (viparītāḥ)
Instrumental	विपरीतया (viparītayā)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीताभिः (viparītābhiḥ)
Dative	विपरीतायै (viparītāyai)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीताभ्यः (viparītābhyaḥ)
Ablative	विपरीतायाः (viparītāyāḥ)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीताभ्यः (viparītābhyaḥ)
Genitive	विपरीतायाः (viparītāyāḥ)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतानाम् (viparītānām)
Locative	विपरीतायाम् (viparītāyām)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतासु (viparītāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of विपरीत
Nom. sg.	विपरीतम् (viparītam)
Gen. sg.	विपरीतस्य (viparītasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विपरीतम् (viparītam)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीतानि (viparītāni)
Vocative	विपरीत (viparīta)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीतानि (viparītāni)
Accusative	विपरीतम् (viparītam)	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीतानि (viparītāni)
Instrumental	विपरीतेन (viparītena)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतैः (viparītaiḥ)
Dative	विपरीताय (viparītāya)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतेभ्यः (viparītebhyaḥ)
Ablative	विपरीतात् (viparītāt)	विपरीताभ्याम् (viparītābhyām)	विपरीतेभ्यः (viparītebhyaḥ)
Genitive	विपरीतस्य (viparītasya)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतानाम् (viparītānām)
Locative	विपरीते (viparīte)	विपरीतयोः (viparītayoḥ)	विपरीतेषु (viparīteṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: विपरीत (viprīt)
• ⇒ Tocharian B: ubhayavipariti
• → Telugu: విపరీతము (viparītamu)
• → Malayalam: വിപരീതം (viparītaṁ)
• → Tamil: விபரீதம் (viparītam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विपरीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 974/1.