पश्चिम

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəʃ.t͡ʃɪm/, [pɐʃ.t͡ʃɪ̃m]

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) m (Urdu spelling پشچم)

  1. west

Declension
Declension of पश्चिम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पश्चिम
paścim		 पश्चिम
paścim
oblique पश्चिम
paścim		 पश्चिमों
paścimõ
vocative पश्चिम
paścim		 पश्चिमो
paścimo

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points)
पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottar) उत्तर (uttar) पूर्वोत्तर (pūrvottar)
पश्चिम (paścim) पूर्व (pūrv)
दक्षिण-पश्चिम (dakṣiṇ-paścim) दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) दक्षिण-पूर्व (dakṣiṇ-pūrv)

Derived terms

Marathi
पश्चिम दिशा

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəɕ.t͡ɕim/, [pəɕ.t͡ɕiːm]

Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścim)

  1. western
    Synonym: पाश्चिमात्य (pāścimātya)

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) f

  1. west

See also
वायव्य (vāyavya) उत्तर (uttar) ईशान्य (īśānya)
पश्चिम (paścim) पूर्व (pūrva)
नैऋत्य (naiŕtya) दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) आग्नेय (āgney)

Further reading
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “पश्चिम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पश्चिम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʌst͡sim]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: पस्चिम्

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim)

  1. west

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • পশ্চিম (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬫ (Balinese script)
  • পশ্চিম (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • ပၐ္စိမ (Burmese script)
  • પશ્ચિમ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪਸ਼੍ਚਿਮ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌮 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦩ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂧 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (Kannada script)
  • បឝ្ចិម (Khmer script)
  • ປຨ຺ຈິມ (Lao script)
  • പശ്ചിമ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᠠᡧᢜᡳᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘦 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠠᠱᢋᠢᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐩 (Newa script)
  • ପଶ୍ଚିମ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢪ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆩 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖦 (Siddham script)
  • පශ‍්චිම (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩴 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚢 (Takri script)
  • பஶ்சிம (Tamil script)
  • పశ్చిమ (Telugu script)
  • ปศฺจิม (Thai script)
  • པ་ཤྩི་མ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to पश्चा (paścā); both from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠pasā⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

पश्चिम • (paścima) stem, ?

  1. west, western

Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścima)

  1. ancient, old
  2. western

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points)
पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottara) उत्तर (uttara) ईशान (īśāna)
पश्चिम (paścima) पूर्व (pūrva)
दक्षिणपश्चिम (dakṣiṇapaścima) दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa) दक्षिणपूर्व (dakṣiṇapūrva)

Descendants
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀫 (pacchuma, “hinder, western”)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: [script needed] (pachyumü, “the west”)
  • Western:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Punjabi:
        • Gurmukhi script: ਪਛਵਾ (pachvā, “west wind”)
        • Shahmukhi script: پَچوَا (pacoā, “western”)
      • Hindustani:
        • Hindi: पच्वां (pacvā̃)
        • Urdu: پَچوَاں (pacvā̃)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: පැසිම් (pæsim, “last”), පැසුම් (pæsum, “last, west”)

Borrowed terms

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