# विशेष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विशेष (viśeṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪ.ʃeːʂ/, [ʋɪ.ʃeːʃ]

### Adjective

विशेष • (viśeṣ) (indeclinable)
* distinguished, special
    यह केक विशेष रूप से आपके लिए बनाया है।yah kek viśeṣ rūp se āpke lie banāyā hai.This cake was specially made for you.
* distinctive
* peculiar
* definite
* particular

#### Synonyms

* ख़ास (xās)

#### Antonyms

* साधारण (sādhāraṇ)
* सामान्य (sāmānya)
* आम (ām)

#### Derived terms

* विशिष्टता (viśiṣṭatā)

#### References

* John T. Platts (2012 October 9 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎
* Hardev Bahri (2012 October 9 (last accessed)) “Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विशेष (viśeṣa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋi.ɕeʂ/

### Adjective

विशेष • (viśeṣ)
* special
    Synonym: खास (khās)
    आज काय विशेष"?āj̈ kāy viśeṣ'?What's special today?

#### Derived terms

* विशिष्ट (viśiṣṭa, “specific”)
* विशेषज्ञ (viśeṣajña, “specialist”)
* विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ, “adjective”)
* विशेषनाम (viśeṣnām, “proper noun”)
* वैशिष्ट्य (vaiśiṣṭya, “characteristic, feature”)

### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিশেষ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬰᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
* বিশেষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိၐေၑ (Burmese script)
* વિશેષ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦯꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂵𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಶೇಷ (Kannada script)
* វិឝេឞ (Khmer script)
* ວິເຨຩ (Lao script)
* വിശേഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡧᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᠱᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଵିଶେଷ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢯꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
* විශෙෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩿𑩔𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚲 (Takri script)
* விஶேஷ (Tamil script)
* విశేష (Telugu script)
* วิเศษ (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཤེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑨄𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

वि- (vi-, “separation prefix”) +‎ शेष (śeṣa, “residue, that which is saved”).

### Adjective

विशेष • (viśeṣa)
* extraordinary, abundant

#### Declension
### Noun

विशेष • (viśeṣa) stem, m
* distinction, difference (GṛŚrS., MBh., etc.)
* characteristic difference, peculiarity, speciality (Mn., MBh., etc.)
* distinction, excellence (Mn., MBh., etc.)
* (grammar) a word which defines the meaning of another
* (philosophy) individuality, essential difference (IW., etc.)
* (medicine) turning point of illness, crisis (Suśr.)
* (rhetoric) statement of difference, individualization (Kuval.)
* sectarian mark, mark on the forehead (L.)
* hypotenuse (Śulbas.)
* the primary elements (MaitrUp.)
* elemental earth (BhP.)
* egg (BhP.)

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: विशेष (viśeṣ)
* → Kannada: ವಿಶೇಷ (viśēṣa)
* → Malay: wisesa
** Indonesian: wisésa
* → Newar: विशेष (wiśeṣa)
* → Old Javanese: wiśeṣa
** Javanese: ꦮꦶꦱꦺꦱ (wisésa)
* → Old Khmer: viśeṣa, biśeṣa
** → Thai: วิเศษ (wí-sèet), พิเศษ (pí-sèet)
* Pali: visesa
** → Burmese: ဝိသေသ (wi.sesa.)
** → Khmer: វិសេស (visaeh)
* → Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ (viśeś)
* → Tamil: விசேடம் (vicēṭam), விசேஷம் (vicēṣam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विशेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 990, 991.