विच्
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- वेच् (vec)
Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱিচ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বিচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိစ် (Burmese script)
- વિચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಚ್ (Kannada script)
- វិច៑ (Khmer script)
- ວິຈ຺ (Lao script)
- വിച് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵିଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- විච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- விச் (Tamil script)
- విచ్ (Telugu script)
- วิจฺ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayč- (“to sift, separate”) (compare Persian بیختن (bixtan, “to sift, sieve”)), traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to separate, choose, set aside”), an extension of *wey- (“to separate”) (though Cheung and Mayrhofer find this doubtful). If so, then cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“sacred, holy”), Old Norse vé (“temple, sanctuary”), Latin victima, English witch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Root
[edit]विच् • (vic)
- to sift, separate (esp. grain from chaff by winnowing)
- to separate from, deprive of
- to discriminate, discern, judge
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “विच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0958/1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विच्”, 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) “विच्”, 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
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 576-7
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 407-8
- 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