विस्मय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विस्मय (vismaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪs.məj/, [ʋɪs.mɐj]

Noun

विस्मय • (vismay) m

1. daze
2. surprise
3. consternation

   Synonyms: अचंभा (acambhā), अचरज (acraj), तिलमिला (tilmilā)

References

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

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, “apart, asunder”) +‎ स्मय (smaya, “pride, conceit”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋis.mɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/

Noun

विस्मय • (vismaya) stem, m

1. amazement, wonder, admiration

Derived terms

• विस्मयकर (vismayakara, “astonishing, wonderful”)
• विस्मयन (vismayana, “wonder, astonishment”)

Descendants

• → Hindi: विस्मय (vismay)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विस्मय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1002.