भीषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीषण (bhīṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

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

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

ভীষণ (Assamese script)
ᬪᬷᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
ভীষণ (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀻𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ဘီၑဏ (Burmese script)
ભીષણ (Gujarati script)
ਭੀਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑍀𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦷꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂲𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಭೀಷಣ (Kannada script)
ភីឞណ (Khmer script)
ຠີຩຓ (Lao script)
ഭീഷണ (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧓𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐷𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
ଭୀଷଣ (Odia script)
ꢩꢷꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆵𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
භීෂණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩑𑩛𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚯𑚘 (Takri script)
பீ⁴ஷண (Tamil script)
భీషణ (Telugu script)
ภีษณ (Thai script)
བྷཱི་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒲𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From भी (bhī, “to fear”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) stem

terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible

Noun

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) stem, 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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