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 (vighna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विघ्नः vighnaḥ	विघ्नौ / विघ्ना¹ vighnau / vighnā¹	विघ्नाः / विघ्नासः¹ vighnāḥ / vighnāsaḥ¹
Vocative	विघ्न vighna	विघ्नौ / विघ्ना¹ vighnau / vighnā¹	विघ्नाः / विघ्नासः¹ vighnāḥ / vighnāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विघ्नम् vighnam	विघ्नौ / विघ्ना¹ vighnau / vighnā¹	विघ्नान् vighnān
Instrumental	विघ्नेन vighnena	विघ्नाभ्याम् vighnābhyām	विघ्नैः / विघ्नेभिः¹ vighnaiḥ / 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
Notes	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.