# वृश्चिक
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika). Doublet of बिच्छू (bicchū), a tadbhava.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɾɪʃ.t͡ʃɪk/

### Noun

वृश्चिक • (vŕścik) m
* scorpion
* (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
* (astrology) a Scorpio

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕik/, [ʋɾuɕ.t͡ɕiːk]

### Noun

वृश्चिक • (vŕścik) m
* (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
* (astrology) a Scorpio

### See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣ) | वृषभ (vŕṣabh) | मिथुन (mithun) | कर्क (karka) |
| सिंह (siuha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तूळ (tūḷ) | वृश्चिक (vŕścik) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुंभ (kumbha) | मीन (mīn) |

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वृश्चिक (vṛścika).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɾist͡sik]
* Phonetic Devanagari: ब्रिस्चिक्

### Noun

वृश्चिक • (vr̥ścik)
* scorpion
* (astronomy) the constellation Scorpius
* (astrology) a Scorpio

### See also

Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣ) | वृष (vr̥ṣ) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कट (karkaṭ) |
| सिंह (siṅha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makar) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) |

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱৃশ্চিক (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬺᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
* বৃশ্চিক (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰴𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀾𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ဝၖၐ္စိက (Burmese script)
* વૃશ્ચિક (Gujarati script)
* ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਚਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦽꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑃂𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (Kannada script)
* វ្ឫឝ្ចិក (Khmer script)
* ວ຺ຣິຨ຺ຈິກ (Lao script)
* വൃശ്ചിക (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡵᡳᡧᢜᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘵𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠷᠢᠱᢋᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧖𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐺𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
* ଵୃଶ୍ଚିକ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢺꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆸𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖴𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
* වෘශ‍්චික (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩙𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
* வ்ரிஶ்சிக (Tamil script)
* వృశ్చిక (Telugu script)
* วฺฤศฺจิก (Thai script)
* ཝྲྀ་ཤྩི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒵𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨼𑨉𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably from the root व्रश्च् (vraśc, “to cut”). The astrological sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpíos).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋŕ̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋr̩ɕ.t͡ɕi.kɐ/

### Noun

वृश्चिक • (vṛ́ścika) stem, m
* scorpion
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.191.16:कु॒षु॒म्भ॒कस्तद॑ब्रवीद्गि॒रेः प्र॑वर्तमान॒कः। वृश्चि॑कस्यार॒सं वि॒षम॑र॒सं वृ॑श्चिक ते वि॒षम्॥kuṣumbhakástádabravīdgiréḥ pravartamānakáḥ. vṛ́ścikasyārasáṃ viṣámarasáṃ vṛścika te viṣám.Hastening forth at the command (of Agastya), thus spoke the mongoose: the venom of the scorpion is innocuous; scorpion, your venom is innocuous.
* (astrology, astronomy) the zodiacal sign Scorpio
* centipede
* (botany) name of various plants

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: বিছা (bisa)
** Bengali: বিচ্ছু (bicchu), বিছে (biche), বিছা (bicha)
** Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠍꠣ (bisá)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (viccu), 𑀯𑀺𑀁𑀙𑀺𑀅 (viṃchia)
** Old Marathi: विंचु (viṃcu)
*** Marathi: विंचू (viñcū)
* Pali: vicchika
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀅 (vicchia), 𑀯𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀅 (vicchua)
** Hindi: बिच्छू (bicchū)
* → Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (brichca)
* → Hindi: वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
* → Bengali: বৃশ্চিক (briścik)
* → Kannada: ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ (vṛścika)
* → Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (vɨcchekaa)
* → Old Marathi: विश्चिक (viścika)
* → Malayalam: വൃശ്ചികം (vr̥ścikaṁ)
* → Tamil: விருச்சிகம் (viruccikam)
* → Telugu: వృశ్చిక (vr̥ścika), వృశ్చికం (vr̥ścikaṁ), వృశ్చికము (vr̥ścikamu)
* → Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk)

### See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣa) | ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) |
| सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) |

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वृश्चिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vŕ̊ścika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 575