वरिष्ठ
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरिष्ठ (váriṣṭha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋə.ɾɪʃʈʰ/
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
Superlative form of the adjective वर (vára, “precious, desirable”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwáriṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose”).
Derived terms
- वरिष्ठक (váriṣṭhaka, “most excellent, best”)
Etymology 2
Superlative form of the adjective उरु (urú, “broad, wide”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hwárištʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwáriṣṭʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (“broad”). Related to वरुण (váruṇa, “Varuna”).
See also
- वरीयस् (várīyas, “better, wider”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वरिष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 921,922,923.
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