विघ्न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विघ्न (vighna).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪɡʱ.nᵊ/

Noun

विघ्न • (vighna) m

1. hindrance, obstacle, difficulty; an interruption

   Synonyms: बाधा (bādhā), अड़चन (aṛcan)

   मेरे काम में रोज़ नया विघ्न पड़ता है।

   mere kām mẽ roz nayā vighna paṛtā hai.

   Every day I face a new hindrance in my work.

Declension

Declension of विघ्न (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विघ्न vighna	विघ्न vighna
oblique	विघ्न vighna	विघ्नों vighnõ
vocative	विघ्न vighna	विघ्नो vighno

Derived terms

• निर्विघ्न (nirvighna)
• निर्विघ्नता (nirvighnatā)
• विघ्नकारी (vighnakārī)
• विघ्नाशक (vighnāśak)
• विघ्नित (vighnit)
• विघ्नेश (vighneś)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From विघन (vighana), from वि- (vi-) +‎ घन (ghana).

Noun

विघ्न • (vighna) stem, m

1. a breaker, destroyer
2. an obstacle, impediment, hindrance, opposition, prevention, interruption, any difficulty or trouble

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विघ्न

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विघ्नः (vighnaḥ)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नाः (vighnāḥ) विघ्नासः¹ (vighnāsaḥ¹)
vocative	विघ्न (vighna)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नाः (vighnāḥ) विघ्नासः¹ (vighnāsaḥ¹)
accusative	विघ्नम् (vighnam)	विघ्नौ (vighnau) विघ्ना¹ (vighnā¹)	विघ्नान् (vighnān)
instrumental	विघ्नेन (vighnena)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नैः (vighnaiḥ) विघ्नेभिः¹ (vighnebhiḥ¹)
dative	विघ्नाय (vighnāya)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नेभ्यः (vighnebhyaḥ)
ablative	विघ्नात् (vighnāt)	विघ्नाभ्याम् (vighnābhyām)	विघ्नेभ्यः (vighnebhyaḥ)
genitive	विघ्नस्य (vighnasya)	विघ्नयोः (vighnayoḥ)	विघ्नानाम् (vighnānām)
locative	विघ्ने (vighne)	विघ्नयोः (vighnayoḥ)	विघ्नेषु (vighneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: विघ्न (vighna)
• → Telugu: విఘ్నము (vighnamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विघ्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 957.
• “विघ्न” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 491.
• “घ्न” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 176.