ابھشیک
Urdu
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʃeːk/
Noun
اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)
- sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
- inauguration, consecration, investiture
- Synonym: اِفْتِتاح (iftitāh)
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) |
| oblique | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیکوں (abhiṣekõ) |
| vocative | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیکو (abhiṣeko) |
Proper noun
اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.