विच्छेद

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विच्छेद (viccheda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) 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)
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)
vocative	विच्छेद (viccheda)	विच्छेदौ (vicchedau) विच्छेदा¹ (vicchedā¹)	विच्छेदाः (vicchedāḥ) विच्छेदासः¹ (vicchedāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “विच्छेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 959.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “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