विभक्ति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.bʱək.t̪iː/, [ʋɪ.bʱɐk.t̪iː]

Noun

विभक्ति • (vibhakti) f

1. division, piece of
2. (grammar) inflection

Declension

Declension of विभक्ति (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियाँ vibhaktiyā̃
oblique	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियों vibhaktiyõ
vocative	विभक्ति vibhakti	विभक्तियो vibhaktiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিভক্তি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬪᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিভক্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰥𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဘက္တိ (Burmese script)
• વિભક્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਭਕ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦨꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂦𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិភក្តិ (Khmer script)
• ວິຠກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• വിഭക്തി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘥𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠪᠾᠠᢉᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧅𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐨𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିଭକ୍ତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢩꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆨𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖥𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විභක‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩳𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚡𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• விப⁴க்தி (Tamil script)
• విభక్తి (Telugu script)
• วิภกฺติ (Thai script)
• ཝི་བྷ་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒦𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨡𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of वि- (vi-, “apart”) +‎ भक्ति (bhaktí, “division”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.bʱɐk.tí/, [ʋi.bʱɐk̚.tí]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈbʱɐk.t̪i/, [ʋiˈbʱɐk̚.t̪i]

Noun

विभक्ति • (vibhaktí) stem, f

1. separation, partition
2. (grammar) declension of nouns, declensional suffixes (TS., Br., etc.)
3. distinction
4. modification
5. portion
6. share of inheritance
7. a certain division of a सामन् (sāman) (ŚāṅkhBr.)
8. a certain high number (Buddh.)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of विभक्ति (vibhaktí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विभक्तिः vibhaktíḥ	विभक्ती vibhaktī́	विभक्तयः vibhaktáyaḥ
Vocative	विभक्ते víbhakte	विभक्ती víbhaktī	विभक्तयः víbhaktayaḥ
Accusative	विभक्तिम् vibhaktím	विभक्ती vibhaktī́	विभक्तीः vibhaktī́ḥ
Instrumental	विभक्त्या / विभक्ती¹ vibhaktyā́ / vibhaktī́¹	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktíbhyām	विभक्तिभिः vibhaktíbhiḥ
Dative	विभक्तये / विभक्त्यै² / विभक्ती¹ vibhaktáye / vibhaktyaí² / vibhaktī́¹	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktíbhyām	विभक्तिभ्यः vibhaktíbhyaḥ
Ablative	विभक्तेः / विभक्त्याः² / विभक्त्यै³ vibhaktéḥ / vibhaktyā́ḥ² / vibhaktyaí³	विभक्तिभ्याम् vibhaktíbhyām	विभक्तिभ्यः vibhaktíbhyaḥ
Genitive	विभक्तेः / विभक्त्याः² / विभक्त्यै³ vibhaktéḥ / vibhaktyā́ḥ² / vibhaktyaí³	विभक्त्योः vibhaktyóḥ	विभक्तीनाम् vibhaktīnā́m
Locative	विभक्तौ / विभक्त्याम्² / विभक्ता¹ vibhaktaú / vibhaktyā́m² / vibhaktā́¹	विभक्त्योः vibhaktyóḥ	विभक्तिषु vibhaktíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Hindi: विभक्ति (vibhakti) (learned)
• → Kannada: ವಿಭಕ್ತಿ (vibhakti) (learned)
• → Telugu: విభక్తి (vibhakti) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विभक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0977.