विघ्न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विघ्न (vighna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪɡʱ.nᵊ/, /ʋɪɡʱ.nə/, [ʋɪɡʱ.nɐ]

Noun

विघ्न • (vighna) m

1. hindrance, obstacle, difficulty; an interruption

   Synonyms: बाधा (bādhā), अड़चन (aṛcan), कठिनाई (kaṭhināī)

   मेरे काम में रोज़ नया विघ्न पड़ता है।

   mere kām mẽ roz nayā vighna paṛtā hai.

   Every day I face a new hindrance in my work.

Declension

Declension of विघ्न (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विघ्न vighna	विघ्न vighna
oblique	विघ्न vighna	विघ्नों vighnõ
vocative	विघ्न vighna	विघ्नो vighno

Derived terms

• निर्विघ्न (nirvighna)
• निर्विघ्नता (nirvighnatā)
• विघ्नकारी (vighnakārī)
• विघ्नाशक (vighnāśak)
• विघ्नित (vighnit)
• विघ्नेश (vighneś)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিঘ্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬖ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• বিঘ্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰑𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀖𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဃ္န (Burmese script)
• વિઘ્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਘ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌘𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦓ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂐𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಘ್ನ (Kannada script)
• វិឃ្ន (Khmer script)
• ວິຆ຺ນ (Lao script)
• വിഘ്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢚᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘑𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠺᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦱𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐑𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵିଘ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢕ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆔𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖑𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• විඝ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩟 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚍𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• விக்⁴ந (Tamil script)
• విఘ్న (Telugu script)
• วิฆฺน (Thai script)
• ཝི་གྷྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒒𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨎𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From विघन (vighana), from वि- (vi-) +‎ घन (ghana).

Noun

विघ्न • (vighna) stem, m

1. a breaker, destroyer
2. an obstacle, impediment, hindrance, opposition, prevention, interruption, any difficulty or trouble

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विघ्न

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विघ्नः (vighnaḥ)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नाः (vighnāḥ) विघ्नासः¹ (vighnāsaḥ¹)
accusative	विघ्नम् (vighnam)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नान् (vighnān)
instrumental	विघ्नेन (vighnena)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नैः (vighnaiḥ) विघ्नेभिः¹ (vighnebhiḥ¹)
dative	विघ्नाय (vighnāya)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नेभ्यः (vighnebhyaḥ)
ablative	विघ्नात् (vighnāt)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नेभ्यः (vighnebhyaḥ)
genitive	विघ्नस्य (vighnasya)	विघ्नयोः (vighnayoḥ)	विघ्नानाम् (vighnānām)
locative	विघ्ने (vighne)	विघ्नयोः (vighnayoḥ)	विघ्नेषु (vighneṣu)
vocative	विघ्न (vighna)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नाः (vighnāḥ) विघ्नासः¹ (vighnāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: विघ्न (vighna)
• → Telugu: విఘ్నము (vighnamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “विघ्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 957.
• “विघ्न” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 491.
• “घ्न” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176.