अभिषेक्
Nepali
Alternative forms
- अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌbisek]
- Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्
Noun
अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek)
- sprinkling; any religious ceremony where sprinkling is performed
- Synonyms: अभिषेचन (abhiṣecan), सिञ्चन (siñcan)
- coronation, inauguration, investiture
- Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
| Declension of अभिषेक् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| nominative | अभिषेक् [ʌbʱisek] | अभिषेक्हरू [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾu] | |
| accusative | अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi] | अभिषेक्हरूलाई [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuläi] | |
| instrumental/ergative | अभिषेक्ले [ʌbʱisekle] | अभिषेक्हरूले [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾule] | |
| dative | अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi] | अभिषेक्हरूलाई [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuläi] | |
| ablative | अभिषेक्बाट [ʌbʱisek̚koʈʌ] | अभिषेक्हरूबाट [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾubäʈʌ] | |
| genitive | अभिषेक्को [ʌbʱisek̚ko] | अभिषेक्हरूको [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuko] | |
| locative | अभिषेक्मा [ʌbʱisekmä] | अभिषेक्हरूमा [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾumä] | |
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Proper noun
अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek) m
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Declension
| Declension of अभिषेक् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| nominative | अभिषेक् [ʌbʱisek] | ||
| accusative | अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi] | ||
| instrumental/ergative | अभिषेक्ले [ʌbʱisekle] | ||
| dative | अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi] | ||
| ablative | अभिषेक्बाट [ʌbʱisek̚koʈʌ] | ||
| genitive | अभिषेक्को [ʌbʱisek̚ko] | ||
| locative | अभिषेक्मा [ʌbʱisekmä] | ||
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Further reading
- “अभिषेक्”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “अभिषेक्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner