# विकट
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विकट (víkaṭa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪ.kəʈ/, [ʋɪ.kɐʈ]

### Adjective

विकट • (vikaṭ) (indeclinable)
* formidable, dreadful, fearsome
* huge, large

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विकट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विकट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi विकट (vikaṭa), from Sanskrit विकट (vikaṭa). Doublet of बिकट (bikaṭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋi.kəʈ/

### Adjective

विकट • (vikaṭ) (indeclinable)
* frightful, dreadful, hideous

### References

* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “विकट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “विकट”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vikaṭa (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ৰিকট (Bengali script)
* විකට (Sinhalese script)
* ဝိကဋ or ဝိၵꩦ (Burmese script)
* วิกฏ or วิกะฏะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩥᨠᨭ (Tai Tham script)
* ວິກຏ or ວິກະຏະ (Lao script)
* វិកដ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄨𑄇𑄑 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

विकट
* Devanagari script form of vikaṭa (“changed, disgusting”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিকট (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
* বিকট (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိကဋ (Burmese script)
* વિકટ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿಕಟ (Kannada script)
* វិកដ (Khmer script)
* ວິກຏ (Lao script)
* വികട (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
* ଵିକଟ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
* විකට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
* விகட (Tamil script)
* వికట (Telugu script)
* วิกฏ (Thai script)
* ཝི་ཀ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

A Middle Vedic corruption of an earlier विकृत (víkṛta) with retroflexion induced by the syllabic consonant /r̩/.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋí.kɐ.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋi.kɐ.ʈɐ/

### Adjective

विकट • (víkaṭa) stem
* dreadful, monstrous, horrible; having an unusual aspect
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.155.1:अरायि काणे विकटे गिरिं गच्छ सदान्वे।arāyi kāṇe vikaṭe giriṃ gaccha sadānve.Arayi, you one-eyed, deformed, ever-screeching demoness, go away to the mountain.
* having an unusual size, huge, large, great

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: vikaṭa
* Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀟 (viaḍa)
** Hindi: बीहड़ (bīhaṛ)
* → Awadhi: बिकट (bikaṭ)
* → Hindi: विकट (vikaṭ)
* → Old Marathi: विकट (vikaṭa)
** Marathi: विकट (vikaṭ), बिकट (bikaṭ)
* → Tamil: விகடன் (vikaṭaṉ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विकट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 949.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विकट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1423
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vikaṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “víkaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 677