विश्

See also: वंश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বিশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိၐ် (Burmese script)
• વિશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಶ್ (Kannada script)
• វិឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວິຨ຺ (Lao script)
• വിശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵିଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• විශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• விஶ் (Tamil script)
• విశ్ (Telugu script)
• วิศฺ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋíɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋiɕ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wíṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱs (“village, household”).

Cognate with Latin vīcus, Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs, “village, place”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯 (vīs), Albanian vis (“place, land, country”).

Noun

विश् • (víś) stem, f

1. settlement, house
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. community, people, tribe
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa
3. wealth
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Declension of विश्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विट् (víṭ)	विशौ (víśau)	विशः (víśaḥ)
Vocative	विट् (víṭ)	विशौ (víśau)	विशः (víśaḥ)
Accusative	विशम् (víśam)	विशौ (víśau)	विशः (víśaḥ)
Instrumental	विशा (víśā)	विड्भ्याम् (víḍbhyām)	विड्भिः (víḍbhiḥ)
Dative	विशे (víśe)	विड्भ्याम् (víḍbhyām)	विड्भ्यः (víḍbhyaḥ)
Ablative	विशः (víśaḥ)	विड्भ्याम् (víḍbhyām)	विड्भ्यः (víḍbhyaḥ)
Genitive	विशः (víśaḥ)	विशोः (víśoḥ)	विशाम् (víśām)
Locative	विशि (víśi)	विशोः (víśoḥ)	विक्षु (vikṣú)

Related terms

• विश्पति (viśpáti, “chief of a settlement or tribe”)

Etymology 2

Denominalized root derived from Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

• वेश् (veś)

Root

विश् • (viś)

1. to enter, enter in or settle down on, go into, pervade
2. to be absorbed into
3. (astronomy) to come into conjunction with
4. (with अग्निम्, ज्वलनम् etc.) to enter the fire (i.e. ascend the funeral pyre)
5. (with अपस्) to sink or be immersed in the water
6. to enter (a house etc.)
7. to appear (on the stage)
8. to go home or to rest
9. to sit down upon
10. to resort or betake one's self to
11. (of rivers and armies etc.) to flow into (and join with)
12. to flow or redound to, fall to the share of
13. to occur to (as a thought)
14. to befall, come to (as death)
15. to belong to, exist for
16. to fall or get into any state or condition
17. to enter upon, undertake, begin
18. to mind (any business), attend to

Derived terms

• अविक्षत (avikṣata)
• अविक्षत् (avikṣat)
• अविक्ष्महि (avikṣmahi)
• अविवेशीस् (aviveśīs)
• अविश्रन् (aviśran)
• अवीविशत् (avīviśat)
• वह्निम् (vahnim)
• विविक्षति (vivikṣati)
• विविशिवस् (viviśivas)
• विविशे (viviśe)
• विविश्यास् (viviśyās)
• विविश्वस् (viviśvas)
• विवेश (viveśa)
• विवेशिथ (viveśitha)
• विवेशुः (viveśuḥ)
• विशति (viśati)
• विशते (viśate)
• विशम् (viśam)
• -विशिवस् (-viśivas)
• -विश्य (-viśya)
• विश्यात् (viśyāt)
• वेक्ष्यति (vekṣyati)
• वेक्ष्यते (vekṣyate)
• वेविश्यते (veviśyate)
• वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi)
• वेशयति (veśayati)
• वेशयते (veśayate)
• वेशीत् (veśīt)
• वेश्यते (veśyate)
• वेष्टवै (veṣṭavai)
• वेष्टा (veṣṭā)
• वेष्टुम् (veṣṭum)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0989/1-2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 560-1; 584