विच्छेद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विच्छेद (viccheda).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪt̪.t͡ʃʰeːd̪/, [ʋɪt̚.t͡ʃʰeːd̪]

Noun

विच्छेद • (vicched) m

1. cutting apart, breaking, dividing, separation
2. break, discontinuity
3. (linguistics) breaking up a sandhi-word into its components
4. section, part (of a book)
5. elimination, removal

Declension

Declension of विच्छेद (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विच्छेद vicched	विच्छेद vicched
oblique	विच्छेद vicched	विच्छेदों vicchedõ
vocative	विच्छेद vicched	विच्छेदो vicchedo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विच्छेद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “विच्छेद”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विच्छेद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিচ্ছেদ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬘ᭄ᬙᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
• বিচ্ছেদ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိစ္ဆေဒ (Burmese script)
• વિચ્છેદ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਚ੍ਛੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦕ꧀ꦖꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಚ್ಛೇದ (Kannada script)
• វិច្ឆេទ (Khmer script)
• ວິຈ຺ເຉທ (Lao script)
• വിച്ഛേദ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢜᡮᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢋᠼᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
• ଵିଚ୍ଛେଦ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢗ꣄ꢘꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
• විච‍්ඡෙද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
• விச்சே²த³ (Tamil script)
• విచ్ఛేద (Telugu script)
• วิจฺเฉท (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཙྪེ་ད (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ छेद (cheda) or from विच्छिद् (vicchid), from Proto-Indo-European *vi + *skeyd-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋit.t͡ɕʰɐj.dɐ/, [ʋit̚.t͡ɕʰɐj.dɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋit̪.t͡ɕʰeː.d̪ɐ/, [ʋit̪̚.t͡ɕʰeː.d̪ɐ]

Noun

विच्छेद • (viccheda) stem, m

1. cutting apart, breaking, dividing, separation
2. break, interruption, cessation, discontinuance
3. removal, prohibition
4. dissension
5. a section or division of a book
6. interval, space
7. interruption in family succession, failure of issue
8. distinction, difference, variety

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विच्छेद

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विच्छेदः (vicchedaḥ)	विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹)	विच्छेदाः (vicchedāḥ) विच्छेदासः¹ (vicchedāsaḥ¹)
vocative	विच्छेद (viccheda)	विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹)	विच्छेदाः (vicchedāḥ) विच्छेदासः¹ (vicchedāsaḥ¹)
accusative	विच्छेदम् (vicchedam)	विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹)	विच्छेदान् (vicchedān)
instrumental	विच्छेदेन (vicchedena)	विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām)	विच्छेदैः (vicchedaiḥ) विच्छेदेभिः¹ (vicchedebhiḥ¹)
dative	विच्छेदाय (vicchedāya)	विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām)	विच्छेदेभ्यः (vicchedebhyaḥ)
ablative	विच्छेदात् (vicchedāt)	विच्छेदाभ्याम् (vicchedābhyām)	विच्छेदेभ्यः (vicchedebhyaḥ)
genitive	विच्छेदस्य (vicchedasya)	विच्छेदयोः (vicchedayoḥ)	विच्छेदानाम् (vicchedānām)
locative	विच्छेदे (vicchede)	विच्छेदयोः (vicchedayoḥ)	विच्छेदेषु (vicchedeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “विच्छेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 959.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “viccheda”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विच्छेद”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विच्छेद”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press