वरिष्ठ

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वरिष्ठ (variṣṭha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋə.ɾɪʃʈʰ/

Adjective

वरिष्ठ • (variṣṭh)

  1. senior, higher-ranked
    वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ― variṣṭh adhikārī ― senior officer
    Antonym: कनिष्ठ (kaniṣṭh)

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Superlative form of the adj. वर (vara, “precious, desirable”).

Adjective

वरिष्ठ • (variṣṭha)

  1. dearest
  2. choicest
  3. best

Derived terms

  • वरिष्ठक (variṣṭhaka, “most excellent, best”)

See also

  • वरीयस् (varīyas, “better, wider”)

Etymology 2

Superlative form of the adj. उरु (uru, “wide, broad”). Related to Sanskrit वरुण (Váruṇa, “All enveloping sky”).

Adjective

वरिष्ठ • (variṣṭha)

  1. widest
  2. most encompassing
  3. having the widest circumference

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 921,922,923
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