भीषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीषण (bhīṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ʂəɳ/, [bʱiː.ʃə̃ɳ]

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇ) (indeclinable)

terrifying, frightening, fearsome
Synonyms: भयानक (bhayānak), डरावना (ḍarāvnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भीषण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 768

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬪᬷᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
ভীষণ (Assamese script)
ভীষণ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀻𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
𑌭𑍀𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
ભીષણ (Gujarati script)
ਭੀਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦨꦷꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
ភីឞណ (Khmer script)
ಭೀಷಣ (Kannada script)
ຠີຩຓ (Lao script)
ഭീഷണ (Malayalam script)
𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᢈᢈᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
ဘီၑဏ (Burmese script)
𑧅𑧓𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐷𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
ଭୀଷଣ (Oriya script)
ꢩꢷꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆵𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
භීෂණ (Sinhalese script)
భీషణ (Telugu script)
ภีษณ (Thai script)
བྷཱི་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒲𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From भी (bhī, “to fear”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa)

terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible

Noun

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) n

the act of terrifying or frightening

References

Monier Williams (1899), “भीषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.

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