शव
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शव (śava).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃəʋ/, [ʃɐʋ]
Noun
शव • (śav) m (Urdu spelling شو)
- corpse, dead body
- मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले। ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.
- नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया। ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शव śav |
शव śav |
| oblique | शव śav |
शवों śavõ |
| vocative | शव śav |
शवो śavo |
Synonyms
- लाश (lāś)
Derived terms
- शवदाह (śavdāh, “cremation”)
- शवस्थान (śavsthān, “crematorium”)
- शवपरीक्षा (śavprīkṣā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
- शवशाला (śavśālā, “mortuary”)
- शवसंस्कार (śavsanskār, “funeral rites”)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬯ (Balinese script)
- শব (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဝ (Burmese script)
- શવ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಶವ (Kannada script)
- ឝវ (Khmer script)
- ຨວ (Lao script)
- ശവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଶଵ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖪 (Siddham script)
- ශව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஶவ (Tamil script)
- శవ (Telugu script)
- ศว (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu). Traditionally derived from शू (śū, “to swell”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ́.ʋɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ʋɐ/
Noun
शव • (śáva) stem, m or n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शवः (śávaḥ) | शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹) |
शवाः (śávāḥ) शवासः¹ (śávāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शवम् (śávam) | शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹) |
शवान् (śávān) |
| instrumental | शवेन (śávena) | शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām) | शवैः (śávaiḥ) शवेभिः¹ (śávebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शवाय (śávāya) | शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām) | शवेभ्यः (śávebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शवात् (śávāt) | शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām) | शवेभ्यः (śávebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शवस्य (śávasya) | शवयोः (śávayoḥ) | शवानाम् (śávānām) |
| locative | शवे (śáve) | शवयोः (śávayoḥ) | शवेषु (śáveṣu) |
| vocative | शव (śáva) | शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹) |
शवाः (śávāḥ) शवासः¹ (śávāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शवम् (śavam) | शवे (śave) | शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹) |
| accusative | शवम् (śavam) | शवे (śave) | शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹) |
| instrumental | शवेन (śavena) | शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām) | शवैः (śavaiḥ) शवेभिः¹ (śavebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शवाय (śavāya) | शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām) | शवेभ्यः (śavebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शवात् (śavāt) | शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām) | शवेभ्यः (śavebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शवस्य (śavasya) | शवयोः (śavayoḥ) | शवानाम् (śavānām) |
| locative | शवे (śave) | शवयोः (śavayoḥ) | शवेषु (śaveṣu) |
| vocative | शव (śava) | शवे (śave) | शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Assamese: শ (xo)
- Hindustani: sau
- Pali: sava
- Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯 (chava)
- Sinhalese: සවය (sawaya), සැවය (sæwaya)
- Punjabi: sivā
- → Bengali: শব (śobo)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899) “शव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 3.