विजय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d͡ʒəj/, [ʋɪ.d͡ʒɐj]

Noun

विजय • (vijay) f

1. victory, success

   Synonym: जीत (jīt)

   Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), पराभव (parābhav), हार (hār)

2. conquest, triumph

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विजय vijay	विजय vijay
oblique	विजय vijay	विजयों vijayõ
vocative	विजय vijay	विजयो vijayo

Related terms

• जय (jay)
• विजयी (vijayī)
• विजेता (vijetā)

Proper noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. a male given name, Vijay, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विजय vijay	विजय vijay
oblique	विजय vijay	विजयों vijayõ
vocative	विजय vijay	विजयो vijayo

Descendants

• → Tamil: விஜய் (vijay)
  • → Telugu: విజయ్ (vijay)
• → Malayalam: വിജയ് (vijayŭ)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit विजय (vijaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.d͡ʑəj/

Noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. victory, triumph

   Synonyms: जय (jay), जीत (jīt)

   Antonyms: पराजय (parājay), हार (hār)

Declension

Declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	विजय vijay
direct plural	विजय vijay
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	विजय vijay		विजय vijay
oblique सामान्यरूप	विजया vijayā		विजयां- vijayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	विजयाला vijayālā		विजयांना vijayānnā
ergative	विजयाने, विजयानं vijayāne, vijayāna		विजयांनी vijayānnī
instrumental	विजयाशी vijayāśī		विजयांशी vijayānśī
locative सप्तमी	विजयात vijayāt		विजयांत vijayāt
vocative संबोधन	विजया vijayā		विजयांनो vijayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of विजय (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	विजयाचा vijayāċā	विजयाचे vijayāċe	विजयाची vijayācī	विजयाच्या vijayācā	विजयाचे, विजयाचं vijayāċe, vijayāċa	विजयाची vijayācī	विजयाच्या vijayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	विजयांचा vijayānċā	विजयांचे vijayānċe	विजयांची vijayāñcī	विजयांच्या vijayāncā	विजयांचे, विजयांचं vijayānċe, vijayānċa	विजयांची vijayāñcī	विजयांच्या vijayāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

विजय • (vijay) m

1. a male given name

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vijaya (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ৰিজয (Bengali script)
• විජය (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိဇယ or ဝိၹယ (Burmese script)
• วิชย or วิชะยะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨩᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິຊຍ or ວິຊະຍະ or ວິຊະຢະ (Lao script)
• វិជយ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄎𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

विजय m

1. Devanagari script form of vijaya

Declension

Declension table of "विजय" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	विजयो (vijayo)	विजया (vijayā)
Accusative (second)	विजयं (vijayaṃ)	विजये (vijaye)
Instrumental (third)	विजयेन (vijayena)	विजयेहि (vijayehi) or विजयेभि (vijayebhi)
Dative (fourth)	विजयस्स (vijayassa) or विजयाय (vijayāya) or विजयत्थं (vijayatthaṃ)	विजयानं (vijayānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	विजयस्मा (vijayasmā) or विजयम्हा (vijayamhā) or विजया (vijayā)	विजयेहि (vijayehi) or विजयेभि (vijayebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	विजयस्स (vijayassa)	विजयानं (vijayānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	विजयस्मिं (vijayasmiṃ) or विजयम्हि (vijayamhi) or विजये (vijaye)	विजयेसु (vijayesu)
Vocative (calling)	विजय (vijaya)	विजया (vijayā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিজয় (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬚᬬ (Balinese script)
• বিজয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰕𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဇယ (Burmese script)
• વિજય (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਜਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂔𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಜಯ (Kannada script)
• វិជយ (Khmer script)
• ວິຊຍ (Lao script)
• വിജയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘕𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠽᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦵𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐖𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଵିଜଯ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢙꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆘𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖕𑖧 (Siddham script)
• විජය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩣𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚑𑚣 (Takri script)
• விஜய (Tamil script)
• విజయ (Telugu script)
• วิชย (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཛ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒖𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨥𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of वि- (vi-) +‎ जय (jayá, “victory”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.d͡ʑɐ.jɐ/

Adjective

विजय • (vijayá) stem

1. leading to victory, proclaiming victory

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विजय (vijayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजयः vijayáḥ	विजयौ / विजया¹ vijayaú / vijayā́¹	विजयाः / विजयासः¹ vijayā́ḥ / vijayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	विजय víjaya	विजयौ / विजया¹ víjayau / víjayā¹	विजयाः / विजयासः¹ víjayāḥ / víjayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विजयम् vijayám	विजयौ / विजया¹ vijayaú / vijayā́¹	विजयान् vijayā́n
Instrumental	विजयेन vijayéna	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयैः / विजयेभिः¹ vijayaíḥ / vijayébhiḥ¹
Dative	विजयाय vijayā́ya	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Ablative	विजयात् vijayā́t	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Genitive	विजयस्य vijayásya	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयानाम् vijayā́nām
Locative	विजये vijayé	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयेषु vijayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of विजया (vijayā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजया vijayā́	विजये vijayé	विजयाः vijayā́ḥ
Vocative	विजये víjaye	विजये víjaye	विजयाः víjayāḥ
Accusative	विजयाम् vijayā́m	विजये vijayé	विजयाः vijayā́ḥ
Instrumental	विजयया / विजया¹ vijayáyā / vijayā́¹	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयाभिः vijayā́bhiḥ
Dative	विजयायै vijayā́yai	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयाभ्यः vijayā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	विजयायाः / विजयायै² vijayā́yāḥ / vijayā́yai²	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयाभ्यः vijayā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	विजयायाः / विजयायै² vijayā́yāḥ / vijayā́yai²	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयानाम् vijayā́nām
Locative	विजयायाम् vijayā́yām	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयासु vijayā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Feminine ī-stem declension of विजयी (vijayī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजयी vijayī́	विजय्यौ / विजयी¹ vijayyaù / vijayī́¹	विजय्यः / विजयीः¹ vijayyàḥ / vijayī́ḥ¹
Vocative	विजयि víjayi	विजय्यौ / विजयी¹ víjayyau / víjayī¹	विजय्यः / विजयीः¹ víjayyaḥ / víjayīḥ¹
Accusative	विजयीम् vijayī́m	विजय्यौ / विजयी¹ vijayyaù / vijayī́¹	विजयीः vijayī́ḥ
Instrumental	विजय्या vijayyā́	विजयीभ्याम् vijayī́bhyām	विजयीभिः vijayī́bhiḥ
Dative	विजय्यै vijayyaí	विजयीभ्याम् vijayī́bhyām	विजयीभ्यः vijayī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	विजय्याः / विजय्यै² vijayyā́ḥ / vijayyaí²	विजयीभ्याम् vijayī́bhyām	विजयीभ्यः vijayī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	विजय्याः / विजय्यै² vijayyā́ḥ / vijayyaí²	विजय्योः vijayyóḥ	विजयीनाम् vijayī́nām
Locative	विजय्याम् vijayyā́m	विजय्योः vijayyóḥ	विजयीषु vijayī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of विजय (vijayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजयम् vijayám	विजये vijayé	विजयानि / विजया¹ vijayā́ni / vijayā́¹
Vocative	विजय víjaya	विजये víjaye	विजयानि / विजया¹ víjayāni / víjayā¹
Accusative	विजयम् vijayám	विजये vijayé	विजयानि / विजया¹ vijayā́ni / vijayā́¹
Instrumental	विजयेन vijayéna	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयैः / विजयेभिः¹ vijayaíḥ / vijayébhiḥ¹
Dative	विजयाय vijayā́ya	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Ablative	विजयात् vijayā́t	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Genitive	विजयस्य vijayásya	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयानाम् vijayā́nām
Locative	विजये vijayé	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयेषु vijayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

विजय • (vijayá) stem, m

1. contest for victory, conquest, triumph, superiority, etc. (fig. applied to the ‘sword’ and to ‘punishment’)
2. the prize of victory, booty
3. (music) a kind of flute

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विजय (vijayá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विजयः vijayáḥ	विजयौ / विजया¹ vijayaú / vijayā́¹	विजयाः / विजयासः¹ vijayā́ḥ / vijayā́saḥ¹
Vocative	विजय víjaya	विजयौ / विजया¹ víjayau / víjayā¹	विजयाः / विजयासः¹ víjayāḥ / víjayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विजयम् vijayám	विजयौ / विजया¹ vijayaú / vijayā́¹	विजयान् vijayā́n
Instrumental	विजयेन vijayéna	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयैः / विजयेभिः¹ vijayaíḥ / vijayébhiḥ¹
Dative	विजयाय vijayā́ya	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Ablative	विजयात् vijayā́t	विजयाभ्याम् vijayā́bhyām	विजयेभ्यः vijayébhyaḥ
Genitive	विजयस्य vijayásya	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयानाम् vijayā́nām
Locative	विजये vijayé	विजययोः vijayáyoḥ	विजयेषु vijayéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: vijaya
  • → Burmese: ဝိဇယ (wi.ja.ya.)
  • → Thai: วิชัย (wí-chai)​
• → Malay: wijaya
• → Old Javanese: wijaya
  • Javanese: ꦮꦶꦗꦪ (wijaya)
    • → Indonesian: Widjaja, Widjojo, Wijaya, Wijoyo
  • → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬚᬬ (wijaya)

Proper noun

विजय • (vijaya) stem, m

1. Vijaya, one of the two gatekeepers of Vishnu, cursed to be born as Hiranyakashipu in the Satya Yuga, Kumbhakarna in the Treta Yuga and Dantavakra im the Dvapara Yuga

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विजय (vijaya)
	Singular
Nominative	विजयः vijayaḥ
Vocative	विजय vijaya
Accusative	विजयम् vijayam
Instrumental	विजयेन vijayena
Dative	विजयाय vijayāya
Ablative	विजयात् vijayāt
Genitive	विजयस्य vijayasya
Locative	विजये vijaye

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विजय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 960, column 1.