वृश्चिक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Doublet of बिच्छू (bicchū), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɪʃ.t͡ʃɪk/

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vriścik) m

1. scorpion
2. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
3. (astrology) a Scorpio

Declension

Declension of वृश्चिक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वृश्चिक vriścik	वृश्चिक vriścik
oblique	वृश्चिक vriścik	वृश्चिकों vriścikõ
vocative	वृश्चिक vriścik	वृश्चिको vriściko

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕik/, [ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕiːk]

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vruścik) m

1. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
2. (astrology) a Scorpio

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ)	वृषभ (vruṣabh)	मिथुन (mithun)	कर्क (karka)
सिंह (siuha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तूळ (tūḷ)	वृश्चिक (vruścik)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makar)	कुंभ (kumbha)	मीन (mīn)

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɾist͡sik]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रिस्चिक्

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vr̥ścik)

1. scorpion
2. (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
3. (astrology) a Scorpio

See also

Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ)	वृष (vr̥ṣ)	मिथुन (mithun)	कर्कट (karkaṭ)
सिंह (siṅha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तुला (tulā)	वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makar)	कुम्भ (kumbha)	मीन (mīn)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬺᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
• ৱৃশ্চিক (Assamese script)
• বৃশ্চিক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
• વૃશ્ચિક (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਹਸ਼ੑਚਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦽꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
• វ្ឫឝ្ចិក (Khmer script)
• ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (Kannada script)
• ວ຺ຣິຨ຺ຈິກ (Lao script)
• വൃശ്ചിക (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᠱᢋᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᡧᢜᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဝၖၐ္စိက (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଶ୍ଚିକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
• වෘශ්චික (Sinhalese script)
• వృశ్చిక (Telugu script)
• วฺฤศฺจิก (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཤྩི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Probably from the root व्रश्च् (vraśc, “to cut”). The astrological sense is a translation of Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋŕ̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/

Noun

वृश्चिक • (vṛ́ścika) root form, m

1. scorpion
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:

     कुषुम्भकस्तदब्रवीद्गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः।
     वृश्चिकस्यारसं विषमरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम्॥

     kuṣumbhakastadabravīdgireḥ pravartamānakaḥ.
     vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣamarasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam.

     Forth issuing from the mountain's side the poison-insect spake and said:
     "The scorpion's poison is weak. Scorpion, thy venom is but weak."

2. (astrology, astronomy) the zodiacal sign Scorpio
3. centipede
4. (botany) name of various plants

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वृश्चिक (vṛ́ścika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वृश्चिकः vṛ́ścikaḥ	वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau	वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वृश्चिक vṛ́ścika	वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau	वृश्चिकाः / वृश्चिकासः¹ vṛ́ścikāḥ / vṛ́ścikāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वृश्चिकम् vṛ́ścikam	वृश्चिकौ vṛ́ścikau	वृश्चिकान् vṛ́ścikān
Instrumental	वृश्चिकेन vṛ́ścikena	वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām	वृश्चिकैः / वृश्चिकेभिः¹ vṛ́ścikaiḥ / vṛ́ścikebhiḥ¹
Dative	वृश्चिकाय vṛ́ścikāya	वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām	वृश्चिकेभ्यः vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ
Ablative	वृश्चिकात् vṛ́ścikāt	वृश्चिकाभ्याम् vṛ́ścikābhyām	वृश्चिकेभ्यः vṛ́ścikebhyaḥ
Genitive	वृश्चिकस्य vṛ́ścikasya	वृश्चिकयोः vṛ́ścikayoḥ	वृश्चिकानाम् vṛ́ścikānām
Locative	वृश्चिके vṛ́ścike	वृश्चिकयोः vṛ́ścikayoḥ	वृश्चिकेषु vṛ́ścikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বিছা (bisa)
  • Bengali: বিচ্ছু (bicchu)
  • Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠍꠣ (bisá)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), 𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀙𑀺𑀅 (viṃchia)
  • Old Marathi: विंचु (viṃcu)
    • Marathi: विंचू (viñcū)
• Pali: vicchika
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀅 (vicchia), 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀅 (vicchua)
  • Hindi: बिच्छू (bicchū)
• → Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (brichca)
• → Hindi: वृश्चिक (vriścik)
• → Bengali: বৃশ্চিক (briścik)
• → Kannada: ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (vṛścika)
• → Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (vɨcchekaa)
• → Old Marathi: विश्चिक (viścika)
• → Tamil: விருச்சிக (viruccika)
• → Telugu: వృశ్చిక (vr̥ścika), వృశ్చికం (vr̥ścikaṁ), వృశ్చికము (vr̥ścikamu)
• → Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk)
• → Malayalam: വൃശ്ചികം (vr̥ścikaṁ)

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa)	ऋषभ (ṛṣabha)	मिथुन (mithuna)	कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha)	कन्या (kanyā)	तुला (tulā)	वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu)	मकर (makara)	कुम्भ (kumbha)	मीन (mīna)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वृश्चिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 575