व्यक्ति

See also: व्यक्ती

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्यक्ति (vyakti). Cognate with Marathi व्यक्ती (vyaktī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋjək.t̪iː/, [ʋjɐk.t̪iː]

Noun

व्यक्ति • (vyakti) m (Urdu spelling ویکت)

1. person, individual

   अकेला व्यक्ति क्या कर सकता है?

   akelā vyakti kyā kar saktā hai?

   What can a single person do?

Declension

Declension of व्यक्ति (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	व्यक्ति vyakti	व्यक्ति vyakti
oblique	व्यक्ति vyakti	व्यक्तियों vyaktiyõ
vocative	व्यक्ति vyakti	व्यक्तियो vyaktiyo

Synonyms

• आदमी (ādmī)

Derived terms

• व्यक्तिक (vyaktik)
• व्यक्तित्व (vyaktitva)
• व्यक्तिपरक (vyaktiprak)
  • व्यक्तिपरकता (vyaktipraktā)
• व्यक्तिगत (vyaktigat, “personal, private”)

References

• John T. Platts (2012 July 30 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “व्यक्ति”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “व्यक्ति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱ্যক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯ᭄ᬬᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• ব্যক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝျက္တိ (Burmese script)
• વ્યક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਯਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦾꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• វ្យក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຍກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• വ്യക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠶᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵ୍ଯକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢮ꣄ꢫꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ව්‍යක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• வ்யக்தி (Tamil script)
• వ్యక్తి (Telugu script)
• วฺยกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཝྱ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From व्यञ्ज् (vyañj).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋjɐk.ti/, [ʋjɐk̚.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋjɐk.t̪i/, [ˈʋjɐk̚.t̪i]

Noun

व्यक्ति • (vyakti) stem, f

1. visible appearance or manifestation, becoming evident or known or public
2. specific appearance, distinctness, individuality
3. an individual
4. (grammar) gender
5. case, inflection, the proper form of any inflected word
6. a vowel

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of व्यक्ति (vyakti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	व्यक्तिः vyaktiḥ	व्यक्ती vyaktī	व्यक्तयः vyaktayaḥ
Vocative	व्यक्ते vyakte	व्यक्ती vyaktī	व्यक्तयः vyaktayaḥ
Accusative	व्यक्तिम् vyaktim	व्यक्ती vyaktī	व्यक्तीः vyaktīḥ
Instrumental	व्यक्त्या / व्यक्ती¹ vyaktyā / vyaktī¹	व्यक्तिभ्याम् vyaktibhyām	व्यक्तिभिः vyaktibhiḥ
Dative	व्यक्तये / व्यक्त्यै² / व्यक्ती¹ vyaktaye / vyaktyai² / vyaktī¹	व्यक्तिभ्याम् vyaktibhyām	व्यक्तिभ्यः vyaktibhyaḥ
Ablative	व्यक्तेः / व्यक्त्याः² / व्यक्त्यै³ vyakteḥ / vyaktyāḥ² / vyaktyai³	व्यक्तिभ्याम् vyaktibhyām	व्यक्तिभ्यः vyaktibhyaḥ
Genitive	व्यक्तेः / व्यक्त्याः² / व्यक्त्यै³ vyakteḥ / vyaktyāḥ² / vyaktyai³	व्यक्त्योः vyaktyoḥ	व्यक्तीनाम् vyaktīnām
Locative	व्यक्तौ / व्यक्त्याम्² / व्यक्ता¹ vyaktau / vyaktyām² / vyaktā¹	व्यक्त्योः vyaktyoḥ	व्यक्तिषु vyaktiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Malayalam: വ്യക്തി (vyakti)
• → Old Javanese: wyakti, yakti
  • > Javanese: ꦪꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (yakti), ꦪꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (yekti) (inherited)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “व्यक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1029/3.