Vishnu

English

Vishnu statue

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʃnu/

Proper noun

Vishnu

1. (Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

• Narayana

Translations

the god

• Afrikaans: Wisjnoe
• Arabic: فِيشْنُو m (fīšnū)
• Aragonese: Viṣṇu
• Armenian: Վիշնու (Višnu)
• Assamese: বিষ্ণু (bisnu)
• Asturian: Visnú
• Azerbaijani: Vişnu
• Balinese: Wisnu
• Banjarese: Bisnu
• Bengali: বিষ্ণু (bn) (biśnu)
• Breton: Vichnou
• Bulgarian: Вишну (Višnu)
• Burmese: ဗိဿနိုး (my) (bi.ssa.nui:)
• Catalan: Vixnu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毗濕奴／毗湿奴 (zh) (Píshīnú)

• Czech: Višnu (cs)
• Danish: Vishnu
• Dutch: Vishnoe
• Esperanto: Viŝnuo
• Finnish: Vishnu
• French: Vishnou (fr)
• Galician: Vishnu
• Georgian: ვიშნუ (višnu)
• German: Wischnu m, Vishnu
• Greek: Βισνού (el) m (Visnoú)
• Gujarati: વિષ્ણુ (viṣṇu)
• Hebrew: וישנו
• Hindi: विष्णु (hi) m (viṣṇu)
• Hungarian: Visnu (hu)
• Icelandic: Visnjú
• Indonesian: Wisnu
• Italian: Vishnu
• Japanese: ヴィシュヌ (Vishunu), ビシュヌ (Bishunu)
• Javanese: Wisnu
• Kannada: ವಿಷ್ಣು (kn) (viṣṇu)
• Khmer: ពិស្ណុ (km) (pɨhnoʼ), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ (preah nieriey), ព្រះវិស្ណុ (prĕəhvɨhnoʼ)
• Korean: 비슈누 (Bisyunu)
• Latvian: Višnu
• Lithuanian: Višnus
• Low German: Wischnu
• Malay: Vishnu
• Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (ml) (viṣṇu)
• Marathi: विष्णु (viṣṇu)
• Mongolian: Вишнү (Višnü)
• Newar: विष्णु (wiṣṇu)
• Norwegian: Vishnu
• Odia: ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (or) (bishṇu)
• Persian: ویشنو (višnu)
• Polish: Wisznu (pl) m
• Portuguese: Vishnu m, Vixnu m, Visnu m
• Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ (viśṇu)
• Romanian: Vișnu
• Russian: Ви́шну (ru) m (Víšnu)
• Sanskrit: विष्णु (sa) m (víṣṇu)
• Scots: Vishnu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вишну

  Roman: Višnu (sh)

• Sinhalese: විෂ්ණු (wiṣṇu)
• Slovak: Višnu
• Slovene: Víšnu (sl) m
• Spanish: Vishnú
• Swedish: Vishnu
• Tagalog: Vishnu
• Tamil: விஷ்ணு (ta) (viṣṇu)
• Telugu: విష్ణువు (te) (viṣṇuvu)
• Thai: พระวิษณุ (Prá Wít-sà-nú)
• Turkish: Vişnu
• Ukrainian: Ві́шну m (Víšnu)
• Urdu: وشنو m (viṣṇu)
• Vietnamese: Vishnu
• Welsh: Vishnu

Further reading

• Vishnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Vixnu
• Visnu

Proper noun

Vishnu m

1. (Hinduism) Vishnu (the supreme god)