विसर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিসৰ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬲᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
• বিসর্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိသရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• વિસર્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸਰ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦱꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂩𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಸರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• វិសគ៌ (Khmer script)
• ວິສຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• വിസര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠰᠠᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐳𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଵିସର୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢱꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆱𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• විසර්‍ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑪁𑩼 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚤𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• விஸர்க³ (Tamil script)
• విసర్గ (Telugu script)
• วิสรฺค (Thai script)
• ཝི་ས་རྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒮𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨫𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, “away; about; in different directions”) +‎ सृज् (sṛj, “to send forth; to release; to emit; etc.”, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix). The root is inherited from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“to let go, send”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.sɐɾ.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈs̪ɐɾ.ɡɐ/

Noun

विसर्ग • (visargá) stem, m

1. liberation, freedom, letting go
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.103.9:

     संवत्सरे प्रावृष्यागतायां तप्ता घर्मा अश्नुवते विसर्गम् ॥

     saṃvatsare prāvṛṣyāgatāyāṃ taptā gharmā aśnuvate visargam.

     Soon as the Rain-time in the year returneth, these who were heated kettles gain their freedom.

2. sending forth, emission, discharge
3. voiding, evacuation (of excrement)
4. cessation, end
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
5. (phonetics) the visarga; the symbol "ः" denoting the voiceless glottal fricative

   Synonym: विसर्जनीय (visarjanīya)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विसर्ग (visargá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विसर्गः visargáḥ	विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹ visargaú / visargā́¹	विसर्गाः / विसर्गासः¹ visargā́ḥ / visargā́saḥ¹
Vocative	विसर्ग vísarga	विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹ vísargau / vísargā¹	विसर्गाः / विसर्गासः¹ vísargāḥ / vísargāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विसर्गम् visargám	विसर्गौ / विसर्गा¹ visargaú / visargā́¹	विसर्गान् visargā́n
Instrumental	विसर्गेण visargéṇa	विसर्गाभ्याम् visargā́bhyām	विसर्गैः / विसर्गेभिः¹ visargaíḥ / visargébhiḥ¹
Dative	विसर्गाय visargā́ya	विसर्गाभ्याम् visargā́bhyām	विसर्गेभ्यः visargébhyaḥ
Ablative	विसर्गात् visargā́t	विसर्गाभ्याम् visargā́bhyām	विसर्गेभ्यः visargébhyaḥ
Genitive	विसर्गस्य visargásya	विसर्गयोः visargáyoḥ	विसर्गाणाम् visargā́ṇām
Locative	विसर्गे visargé	विसर्गयोः visargáyoḥ	विसर्गेषु visargéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → English: visarga

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विसर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1001/1.