𑀯𑀺𑀲

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Inherited from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós. Cognate with Pali visa.

Noun

𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa) n or m (Devanagari विस)

1. poison

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बिस (bis)
    • Urdu: بِس (bis)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: বিহ (bih)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: වස (wasa), වහ (waha)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kumaoni: बिस
  • Nepali: बिस (bis)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਵਿਸੁ (visu)

    Shahmukhi script: وِسُ (visu)

    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਵਿੱਸ (vissa), ਵਿਹੁ (vihu)

      Shahmukhi script: وِسّ (viss), وِہُ (vihu)

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: विस (visa)