विस्मय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विस्मय (vismaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪs.məj/, [ʋɪs.mɐj]

Noun

विस्मय • (vismay) m

1. daze
2. surprise
3. consternation

   Synonyms: अचंभा (acambhā), अचरज (acraj), तिलमिला (tilmilā)

Declension

Declension of विस्मय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विस्मय vismay	विस्मय vismay
oblique	विस्मय vismay	विस्मयों vismayõ
vocative	विस्मय vismay	विस्मयो vismayo

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱিস্ময় (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬲ᭄ᬫᬬ (Balinese script)
• বিস্ময় (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိသ္မယ (Burmese script)
• વિસ્મય (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸ੍ਮਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦱ꧀ꦩꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಸ್ಮಯ (Kannada script)
• វិស្មយ (Khmer script)
• ວິສ຺ມຍ (Lao script)
• വിസ്മയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᠰ᠌ᠮᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠰᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଵିସ୍ମଯ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢱ꣄ꢪꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖧 (Siddham script)
• විස‍්මය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚣 (Takri script)
• விஸ்மய (Tamil script)
• విస్మయ (Telugu script)
• วิสฺมย (Thai script)
• ཝི་སྨ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-, “apart, asunder”) +‎ स्मय (smaya, “pride, conceit”), itself from स्मि (smi, “to smile, to laugh, be arrogant”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋis.mɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/

Noun

विस्मय • (vismaya) stem, m

1. amazement, wonder, admiration

Derived terms

• विस्मयकर (vismayakara, “astonishing, wonderful”)
• विस्मयन (vismayana, “wonder, astonishment”)

Descendants

• Pali: vimhaya
• → Hindi: विस्मय (vismay)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विस्मय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1002.