विकल्प

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विकल्प (vikalpa). By surface analysis, वि- (vi-) +‎ कल्प (kalp).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.kəlp/, [ʋɪ.kɐlp]

Noun

विकल्प • (vikalp) m (Urdu spelling وِکَلپ) (formal)

1. choice, alternative
2. indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
3. mistake, error

   Synonyms: ग़लती (ġaltī), त्रुटि (truṭi), भूल (bhūl), चूक (cūk), भ्रांति (bhrānti), भ्रम (bhram)

4. (rare) god, divine being

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

5. variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness

Declension

Declension of विकल्प (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विकल्प vikalp	विकल्प vikalp
oblique	विकल्प vikalp	विकल्पों vikalpõ
vocative	विकल्प vikalp	विकल्पो vikalpo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विकल्प”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विकल्प”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “विकल्प”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “विकल्प”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিকল্প (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬓᬮ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• বিকল্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰎𑰩𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိကလ္ပ (Burmese script)
• વિકલ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਕਲ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦏꦭ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂍𑂪𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಕಲ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• វិកល្ប (Khmer script)
• ວິກລ຺ປ (Lao script)
• വികല്പ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡬᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘎𑘩𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢉᠠᠯᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦮𑧉𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐎𑐮𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଵିକଲ୍ପ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢒꢭ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆑𑆬𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖎𑖩𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• විකල‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩜𑩽 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚥𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• விகல்ப (Tamil script)
• వికల్ప (Telugu script)
• วิกลฺป (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཀ་ལྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒏𑒪𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨋𑨬𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ कॢप् (kḷp, root) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.kɐl.pɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈkɐl̪.pɐ/

Noun

विकल्प • (vikalpa) stem, m

1. an intermediate kalpa, the interval between two kalpas
2. choice, alternative, option
3. variation, combination, variety, diversity, manifoldness
4. contrivance, art
5. difference of perception, distinction
6. indecision, irresolution, doubt, hesitation
7. admission, statement
8. false notion, fancy, imagination
9. calculation
10. mental occupation, thinking
11. Synonym of कल्पस्थान (kalpasthāna, “the art of preparing drugs”)
12. (rhetoric) antithesis of opposites
13. (grammar) admission of an option or alternative, the allowing a rule to be observed or not at pleasure
14. a collateral form
15. god, divine being

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ईश

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विकल्प (vikalpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विकल्पः vikalpaḥ	विकल्पौ / विकल्पा¹ vikalpau / vikalpā¹	विकल्पाः / विकल्पासः¹ vikalpāḥ / vikalpāsaḥ¹
Vocative	विकल्प vikalpa	विकल्पौ / विकल्पा¹ vikalpau / vikalpā¹	विकल्पाः / विकल्पासः¹ vikalpāḥ / vikalpāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विकल्पम् vikalpam	विकल्पौ / विकल्पा¹ vikalpau / vikalpā¹	विकल्पान् vikalpān
Instrumental	विकल्पेन vikalpena	विकल्पाभ्याम् vikalpābhyām	विकल्पैः / विकल्पेभिः¹ vikalpaiḥ / vikalpebhiḥ¹
Dative	विकल्पाय vikalpāya	विकल्पाभ्याम् vikalpābhyām	विकल्पेभ्यः vikalpebhyaḥ
Ablative	विकल्पात् vikalpāt	विकल्पाभ्याम् vikalpābhyām	विकल्पेभ्यः vikalpebhyaḥ
Genitive	विकल्पस्य vikalpasya	विकल्पयोः vikalpayoḥ	विकल्पानाम् vikalpānām
Locative	विकल्पे vikalpe	विकल्पयोः vikalpayoḥ	विकल्पेषु vikalpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• बहुविकल्पीय (bahuvikalpīya​)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: विकल्प (vikalp)

  Urdu: وِکَلپ (vikalp)

• Tamil: விகற்பம் (vikaṟpam)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “विकल्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 955, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “vikalpa”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan