विशिष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিশিষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬰᬶᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বিশিষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိၐိၑ် (Burmese script)
• વિશિષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦯꦶꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂱𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಶಿಷ್ (Kannada script)
• វិឝិឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ວິຨິຩ຺ (Lao script)
• വിശിഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡧᡳᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠱᠢᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵିଶିଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢯꢶꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• විශිෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩿𑩑𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚮𑚶 (Takri script)
• விஶிஷ் (Tamil script)
• విశిష్ (Telugu script)
• วิศิษฺ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཤི་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑨁𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ शिष् (śiṣ, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɕiʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.ɕiʂ/

Root

विशिष् • (viśiṣ)

1. to distinguish, make distinct or different, particularise, specify, define
2. to distinguish (from others), prefer to
3. to augment, enhance
4. to be pre-eminent, excel, be better than or best among
5. to distinguish, define, specify
6. to prefer
7. to enhance the worth or value of
8. to surpass, excel
9. to be of much account

Derived terms

• विशेष (viśeṣa)
• विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “विशिष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 990.