विषम

Hindi

FWOTD – 26 August 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विषम (viṣama).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.ʂəm/, [ʋɪ.ʃɐ̃m]

Adjective

विषम • (viṣam) (indeclinable)

  1. irregular, heterogeneous
  2. uneven
  3. harsh; intense
    Synonym: प्रचंड (pracaṇḍ)
    • 2017 December 8, “आत्मविश्वास के साथ करें विषम परिस्थितियों का सामना : विनीत भटनाकर [ātmaviśvās ke sāth karẽ viṣam paristhitiyõ kā sāmnā : vinīt bhaṭnākar]”, in Amar Ujala:
      पुलिस अधीक्षक यातायात विनीत भटनागर ने छात्राओं से कहा कि आत्मविश्वास मजबूत रखें और दृढ़ता से विषम परिस्थितियों का सामना करें।
      pulis adhīkṣak yātāyāt vinīt bhaṭnāgar ne chātrāõ se kahā ki ātmaviśvās majbūt rakhẽ aur dŕṛhtā se viṣam paristhitiyõ kā sāmnā karẽ.
      Police traffic superintendent Vineet Bhatnagar said to student to keep their self-confidence and to confront harsh circumstances.
  4. (mathematics) odd (not divisible by two)
    Antonym: सम (sam)
    • 2017 December 6, Vivek Tiwari, Jansatta News:
      बिना छूट के सम-विषम लागू करेगी दिल्ली सरकार
      binā chūṭ ke sam-viṣam lāgū karegī dillī sarkār
      The Delhi government will implement the odd-even rule without exceptions

See also

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विषम”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of वि- (vi-) + सम (sama).

Pronunciation

Adjective

विषम • (viṣama) stem

  1. different, unequal, unlike
  2. difficulty, distress, misfortune

Descendants

  • Hindi: विषम (viṣam)
  • Malayalam: വിഷമം (viṣamaṁ)
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