वृक्ष
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɾɪkʂ/, [ʋɾɪkʃ]
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वृक्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa). Compare Gujarati વૃક્ષ (vṛkṣ), Kannada ವೃಕ್ಷ (vṛkṣa), Bengali বৃক্ষ (brikkho).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɾuk.ʂə/
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “वृक्ष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “वृक्ष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “वृक्ष”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬺᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- ৱৃক্ষ (Assamese script)
- বৃক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰴𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀾𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑍃𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- વૃક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਵ੍ਹਕੑਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦽꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- វ្ឫក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ವೃಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- ວ຺ຣິກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- വൃക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘵𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠷᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᡵᡳᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဝၖက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧖𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐺𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଵୃକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢺꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆸𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖴𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- වෘක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- வ்ரிக்ஷ (Tamil script)
- వృక్ష (Telugu script)
- วฺฤกฺษ (Thai script)
- ཝྲྀ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒵𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (“tree”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬀 (varəša).
Noun
वृक्ष • (vṛkṣá) stem, m
- a tree, (especially) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit, but also applied to any tree and other plants, often in the sense of wood
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.3:
- अक्षो न चक्र्योः शूर बृहन्प्र ते मह्ना रिरिचे रोदस्योः ।
वृक्षस्य नु ते पुरुहूत वया व्यूतयो रुरुहुरिन्द्र पूर्वीः ॥- akṣo na cakryoḥ śūra bṛhanpra te mahnā ririce rodasyoḥ .
vṛkṣasya nu te puruhūta vayā vyūtayo ruruhurindra pūrvīḥ . - The lofty axle of thy wheels, O Hero, is not surpassed by heaven and earth in greatness.
Like branches of a tree, O thou Invoked by many, manifold assistance spring forth from thee, O Indra.
- akṣo na cakryoḥ śūra bṛhanpra te mahnā ririce rodasyoḥ .
- अक्षो न चक्र्योः शूर बृहन्प्र ते मह्ना रिरिचे रोदस्योः ।
- tree trunk
- coffin
- the staff of a bow
- Wrightia antidysenterica
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वृक्ष (vṛkṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वृक्षः vṛkṣáḥ |
वृक्षौ vṛkṣaú |
वृक्षाः / वृक्षासः¹ vṛkṣā́ḥ / vṛkṣā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वृक्ष vṛ́kṣa |
वृक्षौ vṛ́kṣau |
वृक्षाः / वृक्षासः¹ vṛ́kṣāḥ / vṛ́kṣāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वृक्षम् vṛkṣám |
वृक्षौ vṛkṣaú |
वृक्षान् vṛkṣā́n |
| Instrumental | वृक्षेण vṛkṣéṇa |
वृक्षाभ्याम् vṛkṣā́bhyām |
वृक्षैः / वृक्षेभिः¹ vṛkṣaíḥ / vṛkṣébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वृक्षाय vṛkṣā́ya |
वृक्षाभ्याम् vṛkṣā́bhyām |
वृक्षेभ्यः vṛkṣébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वृक्षात् vṛkṣā́t |
वृक्षाभ्याम् vṛkṣā́bhyām |
वृक्षेभ्यः vṛkṣébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वृक्षस्य vṛkṣásya |
वृक्षयोः vṛkṣáyoḥ |
वृक्षाणाम् vṛkṣā́ṇām |
| Locative | वृक्षे vṛkṣé |
वृक्षयोः vṛkṣáyoḥ |
वृक्षेषु vṛkṣéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
Borrowed terms
- Bengali: বৃক্ষ (brikkho)
- Gujarati: વૃક્ષ (vṛkṣ)
- Hindi: वृक्ष (vŕkṣ)
- Kannada: ವೃಕ್ಷ (vṛkṣa)
- Malayalam: വൃക്ഷം (vr̥kṣaṁ)
- Marathi: वृक्ष (vrukṣa)
- Old Khmer: briksā
- → Thai: พฤกษา (prʉ́k-sǎa)
- Khmer: ព្រឹក្សា (prɨksaa)
- Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬 (vrīkṣa)
- Tamil: விருக்ஷம் (virukṣam)
- Telugu: వృక్షము (vr̥kṣamu)
- Thai: พฤกษ์ (prʉ́k), พฤกษ (prʉ́k-sà-)
- Tulu: ವೃಕ್ಷ (vṛkṣa)
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024), “vṛkṣa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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