अभिषेक
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʂeːk/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.ʃeːk]
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m (Urdu spelling اَبِھشیک)
- sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
- inauguration, consecration, investiture
- Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
- (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेक abhiṣek |
| oblique | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेकों abhiṣekõ |
| vocative | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेको abhiṣeko |
Proper noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेक abhiṣek |
| oblique | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेकों abhiṣekõ |
| vocative | अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेको abhiṣeko |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभिषेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभिषेक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘹𑘎 (abhīṣeka), from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə.bʱi.ʂek/
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
- inauguration, consecration, investiture
- Synonyms: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan), प्रतिष्ठापना (pratiṣṭhāpnā)
- (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
| Declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
अभिषेक abhiṣek | ||
| direct plural |
अभिषेक abhiṣek | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
अभिषेक abhiṣek |
अभिषेक abhiṣek | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
अभिषेका abhiṣekā |
अभिषेकां- abhiṣekān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
अभिषेकाला abhiṣekālā |
अभिषेकांना abhiṣekānnā | |
| ergative | अभिषेकाने, अभिषेकानं abhiṣekāne, abhiṣekāna |
अभिषेकांनी abhiṣekānnī | |
| instrumental | अभिषेकाशी abhiṣekāśī |
अभिषेकांशी abhiṣekānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
अभिषेकात abhiṣekāt |
अभिषेकांत abhiṣekāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
अभिषेका abhiṣekā |
अभिषेकांनो abhiṣekānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
अभिषेकाचा abhiṣekāċā |
अभिषेकाचे abhiṣekāċe |
अभिषेकाची abhiṣekācī |
अभिषेकाच्या abhiṣekācā |
अभिषेकाचे, अभिषेकाचं abhiṣekāċe, abhiṣekāċa |
अभिषेकाची abhiṣekācī |
अभिषेकाच्या abhiṣekācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
अभिषेकांचा abhiṣekānċā |
अभिषेकांचे abhiṣekānċe |
अभिषेकांची abhiṣekāñcī |
अभिषेकांच्या abhiṣekāncā |
अभिषेकांचे, अभिषेकांचं abhiṣekānċe, abhiṣekānċa |
अभिषेकांची abhiṣekāñcī |
अभिषेकांच्या abhiṣekāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Proper noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Further reading
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अभिषेक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अभिषेक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अभिषेक”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌbisek]
- Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek)
- alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
Proper noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
Further reading
- “अभिषेक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অভিষেক (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬪᬶᬱᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
- অভিষেক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰥𑰰𑰬𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀱𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- အဘိၑေက (Burmese script)
- અભિષેક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਭਿਸ਼ੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦨꦶꦰꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂦𑂱𑂭𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (Kannada script)
- អភិឞេក (Khmer script)
- ອຠິເຩກ (Lao script)
- അഭിഷേക (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢨᡳᢢᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘥𑘱𑘬𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠪᠾᠢᢔᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧅𑧒𑧌𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐨𑐶𑐲𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅଭିଷେକ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢩꢶꢰꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆨𑆴𑆰𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖥𑖰𑖬𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අභිෂෙක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑪀𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚡𑚮𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
- அபி⁴ஷேக (Tamil script)
- అభిషేక (Telugu script)
- อภิเษก (Thai script)
- ཨ་བྷི་ཥེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒦𑒱𑒭𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨯𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From अभि- (abhi-) + सेक (séka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.bʱi.ʂɐj.kɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.bʱi.ʂeː.kɐ/
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣeká) stem, m
- anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water); inauguration of a king, royal unction
- the water or liquid used at an inauguration
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अभिषेकः (abhiṣekáḥ) | अभिषेकौ (abhiṣekaú) अभिषेका¹ (abhiṣekā́¹) |
अभिषेकाः (abhiṣekā́ḥ) अभिषेकासः¹ (abhiṣekā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | अभिषेकम् (abhiṣekám) | अभिषेकौ (abhiṣekaú) अभिषेका¹ (abhiṣekā́¹) |
अभिषेकान् (abhiṣekā́n) |
| instrumental | अभिषेकेण (abhiṣekéṇa) | अभिषेकाभ्याम् (abhiṣekā́bhyām) | अभिषेकैः (abhiṣekaíḥ) अभिषेकेभिः¹ (abhiṣekébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अभिषेकाय (abhiṣekā́ya) | अभिषेकाभ्याम् (abhiṣekā́bhyām) | अभिषेकेभ्यः (abhiṣekébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अभिषेकात् (abhiṣekā́t) | अभिषेकाभ्याम् (abhiṣekā́bhyām) | अभिषेकेभ्यः (abhiṣekébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अभिषेकस्य (abhiṣekásya) | अभिषेकयोः (abhiṣekáyoḥ) | अभिषेकाणाम् (abhiṣekā́ṇām) |
| locative | अभिषेके (abhiṣeké) | अभिषेकयोः (abhiṣekáyoḥ) | अभिषेकेषु (abhiṣekéṣu) |
| vocative | अभिषेक (ábhiṣeka) | अभिषेकौ (ábhiṣekau) अभिषेका¹ (ábhiṣekā¹) |
अभिषेकाः (ábhiṣekāḥ) अभिषेकासः¹ (ábhiṣekāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Borrowed terms
- Bengali: অভিষেক (obhiśek)
- English: abhisheka
- Hindustani: abhiṣek
- Kannada: ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (abhiṣēka)
- Nepali: अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
- Old Javanese: abhiṣeka
- Old Khmer: ʼabhiṣeka, ʼabbhiseka
- → Thai: อภิเษก (à-pí-sèek)
- Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘹𑘎 (abhīṣeka)
- Marathi: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
- Tamil: அபிஷேகம் (apiṣēkam)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “Abhi-sheká”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 71, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभिषेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhiṣēká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press