शिखर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kʰəɾ/, [ʃɪ.kʰɐɾ]
Noun
शिखर • (śikhar) m (Urdu spelling شکھر)
- pinnacle, apex
- वह अपने व्यवसाय के शिखर तक नहीं पहुँच पाया।
- vah apne vyavsāy ke śikhar tak nahī̃ pahũc pāyā.
- He was unable to reach the pinnacle of his career.
- peak, summit (of a mountain)
- Synonym: चोटी (coṭī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शिखर śikhar |
शिखर śikhar |
| oblique | शिखर śikhar |
शिखरों śikharõ |
| vocative | शिखर śikhar |
शिखरो śikharo |
Derived terms
- गोल शिखर (gol śikhar)
Proper noun
शिखर • (śikhar) m
- a male given name, Shikhar, from Sanskrit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शिखर śikhar |
शिखर śikhar |
| oblique | शिखर śikhar |
शिखरों śikharõ |
| vocative | शिखर śikhar |
शिखरो śikharo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिखर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शिखर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিখৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬔᬭ (Balinese script)
- শিখর (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰏𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀔𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိခရ (Burmese script)
- શિખર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਖਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦑꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂎𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಖರ (Kannada script)
- ឝិខរ (Khmer script)
- ຨິຂຣ (Lao script)
- ശിഖര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡘᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘏𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠻᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑦯𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐏𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶିଖର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢓꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆒𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖏𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශිඛර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩝𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚋𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶிக²ர (Tamil script)
- శిఖర (Telugu script)
- ศิขร (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཁ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒐𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨌𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to शिखा (śikhā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
शिखर • (śikhara) stem, n or m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिखरम् (śikharam) | शिखरे (śikhare) | शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
| accusative | शिखरम् (śikharam) | शिखरे (śikhare) | शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
| instrumental | शिखरेण (śikhareṇa) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरैः (śikharaiḥ) शिखरेभिः¹ (śikharebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शिखराय (śikharāya) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरेभ्यः (śikharebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिखरात् (śikharāt) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरेभ्यः (śikharebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिखरस्य (śikharasya) | शिखरयोः (śikharayoḥ) | शिखराणाम् (śikharāṇām) |
| locative | शिखरे (śikhare) | शिखरयोः (śikharayoḥ) | शिखरेषु (śikhareṣu) |
| vocative | शिखर (śikhara) | शिखरे (śikhare) | शिखराणि (śikharāṇi) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिखरः (śikharaḥ) | शिखरौ (śikharau) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
शिखराः (śikharāḥ) शिखरासः¹ (śikharāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शिखरम् (śikharam) | शिखरौ (śikharau) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
शिखरान् (śikharān) |
| instrumental | शिखरेण (śikhareṇa) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरैः (śikharaiḥ) शिखरेभिः¹ (śikharebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शिखराय (śikharāya) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरेभ्यः (śikharebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिखरात् (śikharāt) | शिखराभ्याम् (śikharābhyām) | शिखरेभ्यः (śikharebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिखरस्य (śikharasya) | शिखरयोः (śikharayoḥ) | शिखराणाम् (śikharāṇām) |
| locative | शिखरे (śikhare) | शिखरयोः (śikharayoḥ) | शिखरेषु (śikhareṣu) |
| vocative | शिखर (śikhara) | शिखरौ (śikharau) शिखरा¹ (śikharā¹) |
शिखराः (śikharāḥ) शिखरासः¹ (śikharāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Tamil: சிகரம் (cikaram)
- Telugu: శిఖరాగ్రము (śikharāgramu)
- Hindi: शिखर (śikhar)
- Bengali: শিখর (śikhor)
- Gujarati: શિખર (śikhar)
- Kannada: ಶಿಖರ (śikhara)
- Marathi: शिखर (śikhar)
- Nepali: शिखर (śikhar)
