विभक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.bʱək.t̪iː/, [ʋɪ.bʱɐk.t̪iː]

Noun

विभक्ति • (vibhakti) f

1. division, piece of
2. (grammar) inflection

Declension

Declension of विभक्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियाँ vibhaktiyā̃
oblique	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियों vibhaktiyõ
vocative	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियो vibhaktiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিভক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬪᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিভক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဘက္တိ (Burmese script)
• વિભક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਭਕੑਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦨꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិភក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ວິຠກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• വിഭക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠪᠾᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧅𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିଭକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢩꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විභක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚡𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• விப⁴க்தி (Tamil script)
• విభక్తి (Telugu script)
• วิภกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཝི་བྷ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ भक्ति (bhakti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.bʱɐk.ti/, [ʋi.bʱɐk̚.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈbʱɐk.t̪i/, [ʋiˈbʱɐk̚.t̪i]

Noun

विभक्ति • (vibhakti) stem, f

1. separation, partition
2. (grammar) declension of nouns, declensional suffixes (TS., Br., etc.)
3. distinction
4. modification
5. portion
6. share of inheritance
7. a certain division of a sāman (ŚāṅkhBr.)
8. a certain high number (Buddh.)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of विभक्ति (vibhakti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विभक्तिः vibhaktiḥ	विभक्ती vibhaktī	विभक्तयः vibhaktayaḥ
Vocative	विभक्ते vibhakte	विभक्ती vibhaktī	विभक्तयः vibhaktayaḥ
Accusative	विभक्तिम् vibhaktim	विभक्ती vibhaktī	विभक्तीः vibhaktīḥ
Instrumental	विभक्त्या / विभक्ती¹ vibhaktyā / vibhaktī¹	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktibhyām	विभक्तिभिः vibhaktibhiḥ
Dative	विभक्तये / विभक्त्यै² / विभक्ती¹ vibhaktaye / vibhaktyai² / vibhaktī¹	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktibhyām	विभक्तिभ्यः vibhaktibhyaḥ
Ablative	विभक्तेः / विभक्त्याः² / विभक्त्यै³ vibhakteḥ / vibhaktyāḥ² / vibhaktyai³	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktibhyām	विभक्तिभ्यः vibhaktibhyaḥ
Genitive	विभक्तेः / विभक्त्याः² / विभक्त्यै³ vibhakteḥ / vibhaktyāḥ² / vibhaktyai³	विभक्त्योः vibhaktyoḥ	विभक्तीनाम् vibhaktīnām
Locative	विभक्तौ / विभक्त्याम्² / विभक्ता¹ vibhaktau / vibhaktyām² / vibhaktā¹	विभक्त्योः vibhaktyoḥ	विभक्तिषु vibhaktiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: विभक्ति (vibhakti) (learned)
• → Kannada: ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ (vibhakti) (learned)
• → Telugu: విభక్తి (vibhakti) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विभक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0977.