# विश्व
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विश्व (viśva).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪʃ.ʋə/, [ʋɪʃ.ʋɐ]

### Noun

विश्व • (viśva) m (Urdu spelling وشوه)
* universe
* the world
    Synonyms: दुनिया (duniyā), जग (jag)

#### Declension
### Adjective

विश्व • (viśva) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وشوه)
* universal, whole
    Synonym: वैश्विक (vaiśvik)

#### Derived terms

* विश्वकोश (viśvakoś)
* विश्वयुद्ध (viśvayuddh)

### Further reading

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

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विश्व (viśva).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋiɕ.ʋə/

### Noun

विश्व • (viśva) n
* universe
* the world

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विश्व”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “विश्व”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “विश्व”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “विश्व”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विश्व (viśva).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bisːo]
* Phonetic Devanagari: बिस्व

### Noun

विश्व • (viśwa)
* the universe
* the world

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিশ্ব (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬰ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
* বিশ্ব (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိၐွ (Burmese script)
* વિશ્વ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦯ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಶ್ವ (Kannada script)
* វិឝ្វ (Khmer script)
* ວິຨ຺ວ (Lao script)
* വിശ്വ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡧᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᠱᢦ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଵିଶ୍ଵ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢯ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
* විශ‍්ව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩿 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
* விஶ்வ (Tamil script)
* విశ్వ (Telugu script)
* วิศฺว (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཤྭ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wíćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wiḱ-wo-s. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀 (vīspa), Old Persian 𐎻𐎿 (vi-s /⁠visa⁠/), Proto-Slavic *vьśь (“all”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋíɕ.ʋɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋiɕ.ʋɐ/

### Adjective

विश्व • (víśva) stem
* all, every, every one; whole, entire, universal
* all-pervading or all-containing, omnipresent

#### Usage notes

Declined as a pronoun, like सर्व (sárva); obsolete in late Vedic and Classical Sanskrit. Accentuated viśvá- in compounds.

#### Declension
### Noun

विश्व • (víśva) stem, n
* the whole world, universe (Atharvaveda etc.)

#### Derived terms

* विश्वेश्वर (viśveśvara)
* विश्वनाथ (viśvanātha)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: বিশ্ব (biśśo) (learned)
* → Hindi: विश्व (viśva) (learned)
* → Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ਵ (viśva) (learned)
* → Marathi: विश्व (viśva) (learned)
* → Nepali: विश्व (viśwa) (learned)
* → Telugu: విశ్వము (viśvamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विश्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 992/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 562-3