वि-

See also: वि, वृ, वो, वे, व, वा, -वां, and -व

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वि- (vi-).

Prefix

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with वि-

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वि- (vi-).

Prefix

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

Derived terms

Category Marathi terms prefixed with वि- not found

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wi- (“apart, away”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (nawi, “not yet”), Old English wiþ (whence English with). Prefixal form of वि (vi).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋi/

Prefix

वि- • (vi-)

1. Prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express division, distinction, distribution, arrangement, order, opposition, or deliberation.

   ‎वि- (vi-) + ‎फल (phala, “fruit, result”) → ‎विफल (viphala, “fruitless, useless”)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with वि-

Descendants

• → Hindi: वि- (vi-)
• → Malayalam: വി- (vi-)
• → Marathi: वि- (vi-)
• Pali: vi-

References

• 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 549-50