विनक्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিনক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬦᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিনক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိနက္တိ (Burmese script)
• વિનક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਨਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦤꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿನಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិនក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ວິນກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• വിനക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᠨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠨᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧁𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐣𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିନକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢥꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆤𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විනක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩯𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• விநக்தி (Tamil script)
• వినక్తి (Telugu script)
• วินกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ན་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒢𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨝𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.nɐ́k.ti/, [ʋi.nɐ́k̚.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈn̪ɐk.t̪i/, [ʋiˈn̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate, choose, set aside”), an extension of *wey- (“to separate”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”), Old Norse vé (“temple, sanctuary”), Latin victima, English witch.

Verb

विनक्ति • (vinakti) third-singular indicative (class 7, type P, present, root विच्)

1. to discern, discriminate, judge

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विनक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0958.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विनक्ति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 158
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “विनक्ति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 412
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 670
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1128”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128