विराट
See also: विराट्
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit विराट् (virāṭ, nominative singular of वि॒राज् (virā́j)).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.ɾɑːʈ/, [ʋɪ.ɾäːʈ]
- Hyphenation: वि‧राट
- Rhymes: -ɑːʈ
Proper noun
विराट • (virāṭ) m
- a male given name, Virat or Viraat, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage
- विराट कोहली ― virāṭ kohlī ― Virat Kohli
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | विराट virāṭ |
विराट virāṭ |
| oblique | विराट virāṭ |
विराटों virāṭõ |
| vocative | विराट virāṭ |
विराटो virāṭo |
Derived terms
- विराटनगर (virāṭnagar)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “विराट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4522
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিৰাট (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬭᬵᬝ (Balinese script)
- বিরাট (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰨𑰯𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀭𑀸𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိရာဋ (Burmese script)
- વિરાટ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਰਾਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦫꦴꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂩𑂰𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿರಾಟ (Kannada script)
- វិរាដ (Khmer script)
- ວິຣາຏ (Lao script)
- വിരാട (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘨𑘰𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠷᠠᢗᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧈𑧑𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐬𑐵𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଵିରାଟ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢬꢵꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆫𑆳𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖨𑖯𑖘 (Siddham script)
- විරාට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩼𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚤𑚭𑚔 (Takri script)
- விராட (Tamil script)
- విరాట (Telugu script)
- วิราฏ (Thai script)
- ཝི་རཱ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒩𑒰𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨫𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root विराज् (virāj, “to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.ɾɑː.ʈɐ/
Proper noun
विराट • (virāṭa) stem, m
- Virata, king of the Matsya Kingdom, father of Uttara and Uttarā.
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.4:
- अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुन समा युधि। युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः
- atra śūrā maheṣvāsā bhīmārjuna samā yudhi. yuyudhāno virāṭaśca drupadaśca mahārathaḥ
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- अत्र शूरा महेष्वासा भीमार्जुन समा युधि। युयुधानो विराटश्च द्रुपदश्च महारथः