# विषय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪ.ʂəj/, [ʋɪ.ʃɐj], /ʋɪ.ʂɛː/, [ʋɪ.ʃɛː]

### Noun

विषय • (viṣay) m
* subject, topic
    इन विषयों पर विचार कर लेना चाहिएin viṣyõ par vicār kar lenā cāhieThese topics should be considered
* object being studied; subject matter
* worldly or sensual pleasure

#### Derived terms

* विषयाश्रित (viṣyāśrit)
* विषयासक्त (viṣyāsakt)

### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विषय”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विषय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “विषय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विषय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विषय (viṣaya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋi.ʂəj/

### Noun

विषय • (viṣay) m
* subject, topic
* matter (of discussion)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “विषय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিষয় (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬱᬬ (Balinese script)
* বিষয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိၑယ (Burmese script)
* વિષય (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਸ਼ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦰꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಷಯ (Kannada script)
* វិឞយ (Khmer script)
* ວິຩຍ (Lao script)
* വിഷയ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᢢᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢔᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଵିଷଯ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢰꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖧 (Siddham script)
* විෂය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑪀𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚣 (Takri script)
* விஷய (Tamil script)
* విషయ (Telugu script)
* วิษย (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཥ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root विष् (viṣ, “to surround, spread, pervade”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋi.ʂɐ.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋi.ʂɐ.jɐ/

### Noun

विषय • (viṣaya) stem, m
* a thing
* a matter
* a topic; subject
* a sphere (of influence, etc.)
* space, room
* a sense organ
* (symbolical) the number five
* inorganic matter
* a department
* a field; domain, subject area
* a region; area
* an issue
* content
* a theme
* refuge; asylum, shelter
* semen
* religious observance or obligation
* an object
* a lover
* a husband
* an abode
* detail
* a horizon; edge
* range
* scope
* a country (with more than 100 villages)

#### Derived terms

* विषयक (viṣayaka)
* विषयकर्मन् (viṣayakarman)
* विषयकाम (viṣayakāma)
* विषयग्राम (viṣayagrāma)
* विषयज्ञ (viṣayajña)
* विषयता (viṣayatā)
* विषयत्व (viṣayatva)
* विषयनिरति (viṣayanirati)
* विषयपकृष्ट (viṣayapakṛṣṭa)
* विषयपति (viṣayapati)
* विषयपथक (viṣayapathaka)
* विषयपराङ्मुख (viṣayaparāṅmukha)
* विषयप्रत्यभिज्ञान (viṣayapratyabhijñāna)
* विषयप्रवण (viṣayapravaṇa)
* विषयलोलुप (viṣayalolupa)
* विषयवत् (viṣayavat)
* विषयवर्तिन् (viṣayavartin)
* विषयवस्तु (viṣayavastu)
* विषयवासिन् (viṣayavāsin)
* विषयविषयिन् (viṣayaviṣayin)
* विषयसङ्ग (viṣayasaṅga)
* विषयसङ्गज (viṣayasaṅgaja)
* विषयसप्तमी (viṣayasaptamī)
* विषयसुख (viṣayasukha)
* विषयस्नेह (viṣayasneha)
* विषयाज्ञान (viṣayājñāna)
* विषयात्मक (viṣayātmaka)
* विषयाधिकृत (viṣayādhikṛta)
* विषयाधिपति (viṣayādhipati)
* विषयानन्तर (viṣayānantara)
* विषयानुराग (viṣayānurāga)
* विषयान्त (viṣayānta)
* विषयाभिमुखीकृति (viṣayābhimukhīkṛti)
* विषयाभिरति (viṣayābhirati)
* विषयाभिलाष (viṣayābhilāṣa)
* विषयायन (viṣayāyana)
* विषयायिन् (viṣayāyin)
* विषयार्ह (viṣayārha)
* विषयाविविक्तत्व (viṣayāviviktatva)
* विषयासक्त (viṣayāsakta)
* विषयासक्तमनस् (viṣayāsaktamanas)
* विषयासक्ति (viṣayāsakti)
* विषयैषिन् (viṣayaiṣin)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: বিষয় (bixoy) (learned)
* → Bengali: বিষয় (biśoẏ) (learned)
* → Gujarati: વિષય (viṣya) (learned)
* → Hindi: विषय (viṣay) (learned)
* → Kannada: ವಿಷಯ (viṣaya) (learned)
* → Malayalam: വിഷയം (viṣayaṁ) (learned)
* → Marathi: विषय (viṣay) (learned)
* → Nepali: विषय (viṣaya) (learned)
* → Old Khmer: viṣaya (learned)
* → Tamil: விஷயம் (viṣayam) (learned)
* → Telugu: విషయము (viṣayamu) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “विषय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 997, column 1.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 564