विजय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d͡ʒəj/, [ʋɪ.d͡ʒɐj]

Noun

विजय • (vijay) f

1. victory, success

   Synonym: जीत (jīt)

   Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

2. conquest, triumph

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विजय vijay	विजय vijay
oblique	विजय vijay	विजयों vijayõ
vocative	विजय vijay	विजयो vijayo

Related terms

• जय (jay)
• विजयी (vijayī)
• विजेता (vijetā)

Proper noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. a male given name, Vijay, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विजय vijay	विजय vijay
oblique	विजय vijay	विजयों vijayõ
vocative	विजय vijay	विजयो vijayo

Descendants

• → Tamil: விஜய் (vijay)
  • → Telugu: విజయ్ (vijay)
• → Malayalam: വിജയ് (vijayŭ)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.d͡ʑəj/

Noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. victory, triumph

   Synonyms: जय (jay), जीत (jīt)

   Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	विजय vijay
direct plural	विजय vijay
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	विजय vijay		विजय vijay
oblique सामान्यरूप	विजया vijayā		विजयां- vijayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	विजयाला vijayālā		विजयांना vijayānnā
ergative	विजयाने, विजयानं vijayāne, vijayāna		विजयांनी vijayānnī
instrumental	विजयाशी vijayāśī		विजयांशी vijayānśī
locative सप्तमी	विजयात vijayāt		विजयांत vijayāt
vocative संबोधन	विजया vijayā		विजयांनो vijayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	विजयाचा vijayāċā	विजयाचे vijayāċe	विजयाची vijayācī	विजयाच्या vijayācā	विजयाचे, विजयाचं vijayāċe, vijayāċa	विजयाची vijayācī	विजयाच्या vijayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	विजयांचा vijayānċā	विजयांचे vijayānċe	विजयांची vijayāñcī	विजयांच्या vijayāncā	विजयांचे, विजयांचं vijayānċe, vijayānċa	विजयांची vijayāñcī	विजयांच्या vijayāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• vijaya (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ৰিজয (Bengali script)
• විජය (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိဇယ or ဝိၹယ (Burmese script)
• วิชย or วิชะยะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິຊຍ or ວິຊະຍະ or ວິຊະຢະ (Lao script)
• វិជយ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄎𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

विजय m

1. Devanagari script form of vijaya

Declension

Declension table of "विजय" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	विजयो (vijayo)	विजया (vijayā)
Accusative (second)	विजयं (vijayaṃ)	विजये (vijaye)
Instrumental (third)	विजयेन (vijayena)	विजयेहि (vijayehi) or विजयेभि (vijayebhi)
Dative (fourth)	विजयस्स (vijayassa) or विजयाय (vijayāya) or विजयत्थं (vijayatthaṃ)	विजयानं (vijayānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	विजयस्मा (vijayasmā) or विजयम्हा (vijayamhā) or विजया (vijayā)	विजयेहि (vijayehi) or विजयेभि (vijayebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	विजयस्स (vijayassa)	विजयानं (vijayānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	विजयस्मिं (vijayasmiṃ) or विजयम्हि (vijayamhi) or विजये (vijaye)	विजयेसु (vijayesu)
Vocative (calling)	विजय (vijaya)	विजया (vijayā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিজয় (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
• বিজয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဇယ (Burmese script)
• વિજય (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਜਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂔𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಜಯ (Kannada script)
• វិជយ (Khmer script)
• ວິຊຍ (Lao script)
• വിജയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘕𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠽᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦵𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଵିଜଯ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
• විජය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩣𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚑𑚣 (Takri script)
• விஜய (Tamil script)
• విజయ (Telugu script)
• วิชย (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཛ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨥𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

वि- (vi-) +‎ जय (jaya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

Noun

विजय • (vijaya) stem, m

1. contest for victory, conquest, triumph, superiority, etc. (fig. applied to the ‘sword’ and to ‘punishment’
2. the prize of victory, booty
3. name of a particular hour of the day (esp. the 17th, and the hour of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)'s birth, according to some the 11th मुहूर्त (muhūrta))
4. the third month
5. the 27th (or first) year of Jupiter's cycle
6. a kind of military array
7. province, district
8. (music) a kind of flute
9. a kind of measure
10. a kind of composition
11. a divine chariot, chariot of the gods
12. name of यम (yama)
13. name of a son of जयन्त (jayanta) (son of इन्द्र (indra))
14. name of a son of वसु-देव (vasu-deva)
15. name of a son of कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)
16. name of an attendant of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
17. name of an attendant of पद्मपाणि (padmapāṇi)
18. name of a son of स्व-रोचिस् (sva-rocis)
19. name of a मुनि (muni)
20. name of a prince
21. name of a son of धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra)
22. name of a warrior on the side of the पाण्डव (pāṇḍava)s
23. name of one of the eight councilors of दशरथ (daśaratha)
24. name of अर्जुन (arjuna) in Mahabharata
25. name of a son of जय (jaya)
26. name of a son of चञ्चु (cañcu) or चुञ्चु (cuñcu)
27. name of a son of संजय (saṃjaya)
28. name of a son of सु-देव (su-deva)
29. name of a son of पुरूरवस् (purūravas)
30. name of a son (or grandson) of बृहन्-मनस् (bṛhan-manas)
31. name of a son of यज्ञ-श्री (yajña-śrī)
32. name of the founder of Buddhist civilisation in Ceylon
33. (with जैन (jaina)s) Name of one of the 9 white बल (bala)s and of one of the 5 अनुत्तर (anuttara)s
34. name of the 20th अर्हत् (arhat) of the future and of the father of the 21st अर्हत् (arhat) of the present अवसर्पिणी (avasarpiṇī)
35. name of the attendant of the 8th अर्हत् (arhat) of the same
36. name of a son of कल्कि (kalki)
37. name of a son of कल्प (kalpa)
38. name of a hare Kathās
39. name of the lance of रुद्र (rudra) (personified)

Noun

विजय • (vijaya) stem, n

1. the poisonous root of the plant विजया (vijayā)
2. a royal tent
3. a kind of pavilion
4. name of a sacred district in कश्मीर (kaśmīra) (compare -क्षेत्र)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विजय
Nom. sg.	विजयः (vijayaḥ)
Gen. sg.	विजयस्य (vijayasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजयः (vijayaḥ)	विजयौ (vijayau)	विजयाः (vijayāḥ)
Vocative	विजय (vijaya)	विजयौ (vijayau)	विजयाः (vijayāḥ)
Accusative	विजयम् (vijayam)	विजयौ (vijayau)	विजयान् (vijayān)
Instrumental	विजयेन (vijayena)	विजयाभ्याम् (vijayābhyām)	विजयैः (vijayaiḥ)
Dative	विजयाय (vijayāya)	विजयाभ्याम् (vijayābhyām)	विजयेभ्यः (vijayebhyaḥ)
Ablative	विजयात् (vijayāt)	विजयाभ्याम् (vijayābhyām)	विजयेभ्यः (vijayebhyaḥ)
Genitive	विजयस्य (vijayasya)	विजययोः (vijayayoḥ)	विजयानाम् (vijayānām)
Locative	विजये (vijaye)	विजययोः (vijayayoḥ)	विजयेषु (vijayeṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: vijaya
  • → Burmese: ဝိဇယ (wi.ja.ya.)
  • → Thai: วิชัย (wí-chai)​
• → Malay: wijaya
• → Old Javanese: wijaya
  • Javanese: ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (wijaya)
    • → Indonesian: Widjaja, Widjojo, Wijaya, Wijoyo
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬚᬬ (wijaya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विजय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 960/1.