वृष्टि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৱৃষ্টি (Assamese script)
ᬯᬺᬱ᭄ᬝᬶ (Balinese script)
বৃষ্টি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰘𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဝၖၑ္ဋိ (Burmese script)
વૃષ્ટિ (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਟਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦽꦰ꧀ꦛꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂗𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ವೃಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada script)
វ្ឫឞ្ដិ (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣິຩ຺ຏິ (Lao script)
വൃഷ്ടി (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᡳᢢᢞᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠢᢔᢌᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦸𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐚𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵୃଷ୍ଟି (Odia script)
ꢮꢺꢰ꣄ꢜꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆛𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖘𑖰 (Siddham script)
වෘෂ‍්ටි (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩦𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚶𑚔𑚮 (Takri script)
வ்ரிஷ்டி (Tamil script)
వృష్టి (Telugu script)
วฺฤษฺฏิ (Thai script)
ཝྲྀ་ཥྚི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒙𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨔𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérs-ti-s ~ *h₁wr̥s-téy-s, from the root *h₁wers- (“to rain”); related to वर्ष (varṣa).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋŕ̩ʂ.ʈi/, /ʋr̩ʂ.ʈí/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩ʂ.ʈi/

Noun

वृष्टि • (vṛṣṭí or vṛ́ṣṭi) stem, f

rain
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.40.6:
  मयोभुवो नो अर्वन्तो नि पान्तु वृष्टिं परिज्मा वातो ददातु॥
  mayobhuvo no arvanto ni pāntu vṛṣṭiṃ parijmā vāto dadātu.
  May the swift-moving Gods protect and bless us, and Vāta send us rain, who wanders round us.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Pali: vuṭṭhi
→ Bengali: বৃষ্টি (briśṭi)
→ Gujarati: વૃષ્ટિ (vŕṣṭi)
→ Tamil: விருட்டி (viruṭṭi), விருஷ்டி (viruṣṭi)

References

“वृष्टि॑ or वृ॑ष्टि” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 521, column 2.
Monier Williams (1899) “Vṛishṭí or vṛíshṭi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1013/1.

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