Vishnu

English

Vishnu statue

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʃnu/

Proper noun

Vishnu

(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism.
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

Narayana

Translations

the god

Afrikaans: Wisjnoe
Arabic: فِيشْنُو m (fīšnū)
Aragonese: Viṣṇu
Armenian: Վիշնու (Višnu)
Assamese: বিষ্ণু (bisnu), ৱিষ্ণু (wisnu)
Asturian: Visnú
Azerbaijani: Vişnu
Balinese: Wisnu
Banjarese: Bisnu
Bengali: বিষ্ণু (bn) (biśnu)
Breton: Vichnou
Bulgarian: Вишну (Višnu)
Burmese: ဗိဿနိုး (my) (bi.ssa.nui:)
Catalan: Vixnu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毗濕奴／毗湿奴 (zh) (Píshīnú)
Czech: Višnu (cs)
Danish: Vishnu
Dutch: Vishnoe
Esperanto: Viŝnuo
Finnish: Vishnu
French: Vishnou (fr)
Galician: Vishnu
Georgian: ვიშნუ (višnu)
German: Wischnu m, Vishnu
Greek: Βισνού (el) m (Visnoú)
Gujarati: વિષ્ણુ (viṣṇu)
Hebrew: וישנו
Hindi: विष्णु (hi) m (viṣṇu)
Hungarian: Visnu (hu)
Icelandic: Visnjú
Indonesian: Wisnu
Italian: Vishnu
Japanese: ヴィシュヌ (Vishunu), ビシュヌ (Bishunu)
Javanese: Wisnu
Kannada: ವಿಷ್ಣು (kn) (viṣṇu)
Khmer: ពិស្ណុ (km) (pɨhnoʼ), ព្រះនារាយណ៍ (preah nieriey), ព្រះវិស្ណុ (prĕəhvɨhnoʼ)
Korean: 비슈누 (Bisyunu)
Latvian: Višnu
Lithuanian: Višnus
Low German: Wischnu
Malay: Vishnu
Malayalam: വിഷ്ണു (ml) (viṣṇu)
Marathi: विष्णु (viṣṇu)
Mongolian: Вишнү (Višnü)
Newar: विष्णु (wiṣṇu)
Norwegian: Vishnu
Odia: ବିଷ୍ଣୁ (or) (bishṇu), ଵିଷ୍ଣୁ (vishṇu), ୱିଷ୍ଣୁ (wishṇu)
Persian: ویشنو (višnu)
Polish: Wisznu (pl) m
Portuguese: Vishnu m, Vixnu m, Visnu m
Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼੍ਣੁ (viśṇu)
Romanian: Vișnu
Russian: Ви́шну (ru) m (Víšnu)
Sanskrit: विष्णु (sa) m (víṣṇu)
Scots: Vishnu
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Вишну

Roman: Višnu (sh)
Sinhalese: විෂ්ණු (wiṣṇu)
Slovak: Višnu
Slovene: Víšnu (sl) m
Spanish: Vishnú
Swedish: Vishnu
Tagalog: Vishnu
Tamil: விஷ்ணு (ta) (viṣṇu)
Telugu: విష్ణువు (te) (viṣṇuvu)
Thai: พระวิษณุ (Prá Wít-sà-nú)
Turkish: Vişnu
Ukrainian: Ві́шну m (Víšnu)
Urdu: وشنو m (viṣṇu)
Vietnamese: Vishnu
Welsh: Vishnu

Further reading

Vishnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Vixnu
Visnu

Proper noun

Vishnu m

(Hinduism) Vishnu (the supreme god)

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