विक्षिप्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विक्षिप्त (vikṣipta).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪk.ʂɪpt̪/, [ʋɪk.ʃɪpt̪]

Adjective

विक्षिप्त • (vikṣipt)

1. insane, mad, crazy

   Synonyms: पागल (pāgal), बावला (bāvlā), उन्मत्त (unmatt), सनकी (sankī)

   अत्यधिक तनाव के कारण उसकी मानसिक स्थिति विक्षिप्त हो गई।

   atyadhik tanāv ke kāraṇ uskī mānsik sthiti vikṣipt ho gaī.

   Due to excessive stress, his mental state became insane.

2. distracted, bewildered, agitated, thrown, scattered

Declension

Declension of विक्षिप्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विक्षिप्त vikṣipt	विक्षिप्त vikṣipt
oblique	विक्षिप्त vikṣipt	विक्षिप्तों vikṣiptõ
vocative	विक्षिप्त vikṣipt	विक्षिप्तो vikṣipto

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “विक्षिप्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4453
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “विक्षिप्त”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 700
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “विक्षिप्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 918
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “विक्षिप्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 586.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विक्षिप्त (vikṣipta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋik.ʂip.t̪ə/

Adjective

विक्षिप्त • (vikṣipta) (indeclinable)

1. eccentric, strange, peculiar

   Synonyms: विचित्र (vicitra), अजब (ajab)

   त्याचं वागणं अतिशय विक्षिप्त आहे.

   tyāca vāgṇa atiśay vikṣipta āhe.

   His behavior is highly eccentric.

2. crazy, kooky, insane

   Synonyms: खुळा (khuḷā), वेडा (veḍā), बावळा (bāvḷā)

   तो विक्षिप्त झाला आहे असं डॉक्टर म्हणतात.

   to vikṣipta jhālā āhe asa ḍŏkṭar mhaṇtāt.

   The doctor says he has become mentally unstable.

Derived terms

• विक्षिप्तपणा (vikṣiptapaṇā)

References

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