विकृत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विकृत (víkṛta). Doublet of विकट (vikaṭ) and बीहड़ (bīhaṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪk.ɾɪt̪/

Adjective

विकृत • (vikŕt) (indeclinable)

1. changed (especially changed for the worse: damaged, impaired (as health))
2. mutilated, maimed
3. deformed
4. disordered (health, or mind)
5. imperfect, incomplete
6. (grammar) oblique (case)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विकृत (vikṛta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋik.ɾut̪/, [ʋik.ɾuːt̪]
• Hyphenation: विक‧रुत
• Rhymes: -ut̪

Adjective

विकृत • (vikrut) (indeclinable)

1. distorted, contorted

   Synonym: विरूपित (virūpit)

2. defective, impaired, or affected by a disorder, deformity, or malfunction

   Synonyms: विरूप (virūp), विद्रूप (vidrūp), विकारग्रस्त (vikāragrasta), व्यंगित (vyaṅgit), कुरूप (kurūp)

3. perverse

   Synonym: विपर्यस्त (viparyasta)

Related terms

• विकृती (vikrutī)

References

• “विकृत”, in अमरकोश मराठी शब्दकोश [Amarkosh Marathi Dictionary], 2014
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “विकृत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “विकृत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিকৃত (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬓᬺᬢ (Balinese script)
• বিকৃত (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰴𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀾𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိကၖတ (Burmese script)
• વિકૃત (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਕ੍ਰਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑍃𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦏꦽꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂍𑃂𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಕೃತ (Kannada script)
• វិក្ឫត (Khmer script)
• ວິກ຺ຣິຕ (Lao script)
• വികൃത (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡬᡵᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘵𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢉᠷᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧖𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐺𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଵିକୃତ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢒꢺꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆸𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖴𑖝 (Siddham script)
• විකෘත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚙 (Takri script)
• விக்ரித (Tamil script)
• వికృత (Telugu script)
• วิกฺฤต (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཀྲྀ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒵𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ कृत (kṛta), or alternatively from the root विकृ (vikṛ) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋí.kr̩.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.kr̩.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

विकृ॑त • (víkṛta) stem

1. unaccomplished, incomplete
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. ugly
3. transformed, altered, changed
4. mutilated, deformed, disfigured

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विकृ॑त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विकृ॑तः (víkṛtaḥ)	विकृ॑तौ (víkṛtau) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)	विकृ॑ताः (víkṛtāḥ) विकृ॑तासः¹ (víkṛtāsaḥ¹)
accusative	विकृ॑तम् (víkṛtam)	विकृ॑तौ (víkṛtau) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)	विकृ॑तान् (víkṛtān)
instrumental	विकृ॑तेन (víkṛtena)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तैः (víkṛtaiḥ) विकृ॑तेभिः¹ (víkṛtebhiḥ¹)
dative	विकृ॑ताय (víkṛtāya)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तेभ्यः (víkṛtebhyaḥ)
ablative	विकृ॑तात् (víkṛtāt)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तेभ्यः (víkṛtebhyaḥ)
genitive	विकृ॑तस्य (víkṛtasya)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तानाम् (víkṛtānām)
locative	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तेषु (víkṛteṣu)
vocative	विकृ॑त (víkṛta)	विकृ॑तौ (víkṛtau) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)	विकृ॑ताः (víkṛtāḥ) विकृ॑तासः¹ (víkṛtāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of विकृ॑ता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विकृ॑ता (víkṛtā)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑ताः (víkṛtāḥ)
accusative	विकृ॑ताम् (víkṛtām)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑ताः (víkṛtāḥ)
instrumental	विकृ॑तया (víkṛtayā) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑ताभिः (víkṛtābhiḥ)
dative	विकृ॑तायै (víkṛtāyai)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑ताभ्यः (víkṛtābhyaḥ)
ablative	विकृ॑तायाः (víkṛtāyāḥ) विकृ॑तायै² (víkṛtāyai²)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑ताभ्यः (víkṛtābhyaḥ)
genitive	विकृ॑तायाः (víkṛtāyāḥ) विकृ॑तायै² (víkṛtāyai²)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तानाम् (víkṛtānām)
locative	विकृ॑तायाम् (víkṛtāyām)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तासु (víkṛtāsu)
vocative	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑ताः (víkṛtāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of विकृ॑त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विकृ॑तम् (víkṛtam)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑तानि (víkṛtāni) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)
accusative	विकृ॑तम् (víkṛtam)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑तानि (víkṛtāni) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)
instrumental	विकृ॑तेन (víkṛtena)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तैः (víkṛtaiḥ) विकृ॑तेभिः¹ (víkṛtebhiḥ¹)
dative	विकृ॑ताय (víkṛtāya)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तेभ्यः (víkṛtebhyaḥ)
ablative	विकृ॑तात् (víkṛtāt)	विकृ॑ताभ्याम् (víkṛtābhyām)	विकृ॑तेभ्यः (víkṛtebhyaḥ)
genitive	विकृ॑तस्य (víkṛtasya)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तानाम् (víkṛtānām)
locative	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑तयोः (víkṛtayoḥ)	विकृ॑तेषु (víkṛteṣu)
vocative	विकृ॑त (víkṛta)	विकृ॑ते (víkṛte)	विकृ॑तानि (víkṛtāni) विकृ॑ता¹ (víkṛtā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• विकट (vikaṭa)

Descendants

• Pali: vikata
• → Hindi: विकृत (vikŕt) (learned)
• → Kannada: ವಿಕೃತ (vikṛta) (learned)
• → Marathi: विकृत (vikrut) (learned)
• → Odia: ବିକୃତ (bikruta) (learned)
• → Thai: วิกฤต (wí-grìt)
• → Lao: ວິກິດ (wi kit)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “विकृत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 954, column 3.