भीषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भीषण (bhīṣaṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʱiː.ʃən/

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇ)

terrifying, frightening, fearsome
Synonyms: भयानक (bhayānak), डरावना (ḍarāvnā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “भीषण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 768

Sanskrit

Etymology

From भी (bhī, “to fear”)

Adjective

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa)

terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible.

Noun

भीषण • (bhīṣaṇa) n

The act of terrifying or frightening.

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0758

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