भीषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीषण (bhīṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ʂəɳ/, [bʱiː.ʃɐ̃ɳ]

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇ) (indeclinable)

1. terrifying, frightening, fearsome

   Synonyms: भयानक (bhayānak), डरावना (ḍarāvnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भीषण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 768

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভীষণ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬷᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
• ভীষণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဘီၑဏ (Burmese script)
• ભીષણ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦷꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂲𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೀಷಣ (Kannada script)
• ភីឞណ (Khmer script)
• ຠີຩຓ (Lao script)
• ഭീഷണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଭୀଷଣ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢷꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
• භීෂණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚯𑚘 (Takri script)
• பீ⁴ஷண (Tamil script)
• భీషణ (Telugu script)
• ภีษณ (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From भी (bhī, “to fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) stem

1. terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible

Noun

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) stem, n

1. the act of terrifying or frightening

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भीषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.