विस्मय

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विस्मय (vismaya).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

विस्मय • (vismay) m

daze
surprise
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) IPA^(key): /ˈʋis̪.mɐ.jɐ/

Noun

विस्मय • (vismaya) stem, m

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.

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