वृष्टि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৃষ্টি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬺᬱ᭄ᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
• বৃষ্টি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝၖၑ္ဋိ (Burmese script)
• વૃષ્ટિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦽꦰ꧀ꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವೃಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada script)
• វ្ឫឞ្ដិ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣິຩ຺ຏິ (Lao script)
• വൃഷ്ടി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᢢᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᢔᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵୃଷ୍ଟି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢺꢰ꣄ꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
• වෘෂ‍්ටි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
• வ்ரிஷ்டி (Tamil script)
• వృష్టి (Telugu script)
• วฺฤษฺฏิ (Thai script)
• ཝྲྀ་ཥྚི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérs-ti-s ~ *h₁wr̥s-téy-s, from the root *h₁wers- (“to rain”); related to वर्ष (varṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋŕ̩ʂ.ʈi/, /ʋr̩ʂ.ʈí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩ʂ.ʈi/

Noun

वृष्टि • (vṛṣṭí or vṛ́ṣṭi) stem, f

1. rain
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.40.6:

     मयोभुवो नो अर्वन्तो नि पान्तु वृष्टिं परिज्मा वातो ददातु॥

     mayobhuvo no arvanto ni pāntu vṛṣṭiṃ parijmā vāto dadātu.

     May the swift-moving Gods protect and bless us, and Vāta send us rain, who wanders round us.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Pali: vuṭṭhi
• → Bengali: বৃষ্টি (briśṭi)
• → Gujarati: વૃષ્ટિ (vŕṣṭi)
• → Tamil: விருட்டி (viruṭṭi), விருஷ்டி (viruṣṭi)

References

• “वृष्टि॑ or वृ॑ष्टि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 521, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Vṛishṭí or vṛíshṭi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013/1.