विद्युत्

See also: विद्युत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्युत् (vidyut).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪd̪.jʊt̪/

Noun

विद्युत् • (vidyut) f

Declension

Declension of विद्युत् (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विद्युत् vidyut	विद्युतें vidyutẽ
oblique	विद्युत् vidyut	विद्युतों vidyutõ
vocative	विद्युत् vidyut	विद्युतो vidyuto

Related terms

बिजली (bijlī)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬᬸᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
ৱিদ্যুত্ (Assamese script)
বিদ্যুত্ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰲𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀼𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
વિદ્યુત્ (Gujarati script)
ਵਿਦੑਯੁਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦮꦶꦢꦾꦸꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
វិទ្យុត៑ (Khmer script)
ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ (Kannada script)
ວິທ຺ຍຸຕ຺ (Lao script)
വിദ്യുത് (Malayalam script)
𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘳𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠸᢈᢑᠶ᠋ᠤᢐ (Mongolian script)
ᠸᡳᡩᠶᡠᢠ (Manchu script)
ဝိဒျုတ် (Burmese script)
𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧔𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐸𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଵିଦ୍ଯୁତ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢮꢶꢣ꣄ꢫꢸꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆶𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖲𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
විද්යුත් (Sinhalese script)
విద్యుత్ (Telugu script)
วิทฺยุตฺ (Thai script)
ཝི་དྱུ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒳𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, “away, about, in different directions”) + द्युत् (dyut, “to shine, to flash forth”), an extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋid.jút/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋid̪.jut̪/

Adjective

विद्युत् • (vidyút)

flashing, shining, glittering
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Noun

विद्युत् • (vidyút) f or n

lightning, a flashing thunderbolt
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.4:
  प्र वाता वान्ति पतयन्ति विद्युत उदोषधीर्जिहते पिन्वते स्वः ।
  इरा विश्वस्मै भुवनाय जायते यत्पर्जन्यः पृथिवीं रेतसावति ॥
  pra vātā vānti patayanti vidyuta udoṣadhīrjihate pinvate svaḥ .
  irā viśvasmai bhuvanāya jāyate yatparjanyaḥ pṛthivīṃ retasāvati .
  Forth burst the winds, down come the lightning-flashes: the plants shoot up, the realm of light is streaming.
  Food springs abundant for all living creatures, when Parjanya quickens earth with moisture.

Derived terms

विद्युन्मत् (vidyúnmat)
- Dardic:
  - Torwali: بِجمت‎ (bijmot)
विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”) (compounded with लता (latā, “creeper, vine”))
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā)
  - Assamese: বিজুলী (bizuli)
  - Bengali: বিজলী (bijlī)
  - Oriya: ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi)
- Helu: 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬𑀸 (vijjullayā)
  - Dhivehi: ވިދުވަރު‎ (viduvaru)
  - Sinhalese: විදුලි (widuli)
- Pali: vijjullatā
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā)
  - Gujarati: વીજળી (vījaḷī)
  - Hindustani: bijlī
    Hindi: बिजली
    
    Urdu: بجلی‎
  - Nepali: बिजुली (bijulī)
  - Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī)

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼 (vijju)
Pali: vijju
- → Khmer: វិជ្ជុ (vɨccuʼ)
- → Thai: วิชชุ (wít-chú)
Gujarati: વીજ (vīj)
→ Assamese: বিদ্যুৎ (biiddut)
→ Bengali: বিদ্যুৎ (bidyut)
→ Hindi: विद्युत् (vidyut)
→ Kannada: ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ತು (vidyuttu)
→ Khmer: វិទ្យុ (vityuʼ)
→ Lao: ວິທະຍຸ (wi tha nyu)
→ Marathi: विद्युत (vidyut)
→ Oriya: ବିଦ୍ୟୁତ (bidyutô)
→ Thai: วิทยุ (wít-tá-yú)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “विद्युत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 966.

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