शिखा

See also: शंख and शाखा

Hindi

Proper noun

शिखा • (śikhā) f

a female given name, Shikha, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of *शिखा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शिखा śikhā	शिखाएँ śikhāẽ
oblique	शिखा śikhā	शिखाओं śikhāõ
vocative	शिखा śikhā	शिखाओ śikhāo

Noun

शिखा • (śikhā) f

(rare, in compounds) flame
(Hinduism) a sikha (Hindu hairstyle common in orthodox sects)

Declension

Declension of *शिखा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शिखा śikhā	शिखाएँ śikhāẽ
oblique	शिखा śikhā	शिखाओं śikhāõ
vocative	शिखा śikhā	शिखाओ śikhāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শিখা (Assamese script)
ᬰᬶᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
শিখা (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰰𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀺𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ၐိခါ (Burmese script)
શિખા (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਿਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦶꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂱𑂎𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಶಿಖಾ (Kannada script)
ឝិខា (Khmer script)
ຨິຂາ (Lao script)
ശിഖാ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡳᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘱𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠱᠢᠻᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧒𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐶𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
ଶିଖା (Odia script)
ꢯꢶꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆴𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖰𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
ශිඛා (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩑𑩝𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚮𑚋𑚭 (Takri script)
ஶிக²ா (Tamil script)
శిఖా (Telugu script)
ศิขา (Thai script)
ཤི་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒱𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨁𑨌𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Compare Persian (jiġa).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕí.kʰɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕi.kʰɑː/

Noun

शिखा • (śíkhā) stem, f

plume, tuft of hair
peacock's crest
ray of light
Synonym: किरण (kiraṇa)
(poetry) a part of a verse

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिखा
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शिखा (śikhā)	शिखे (śikhe)	शिखाः (śikhāḥ)
accusative	शिखाम् (śikhām)	शिखे (śikhe)	शिखाः (śikhāḥ)
instrumental	शिखया (śikhayā) शिखा¹ (śikhā¹)	शिखाभ्याम् (śikhābhyām)	शिखाभिः (śikhābhiḥ)
dative	शिखायै (śikhāyai)	शिखाभ्याम् (śikhābhyām)	शिखाभ्यः (śikhābhyaḥ)
ablative	शिखायाः (śikhāyāḥ) शिखायै² (śikhāyai²)	शिखाभ्याम् (śikhābhyām)	शिखाभ्यः (śikhābhyaḥ)
genitive	शिखायाः (śikhāyāḥ) शिखायै² (śikhāyai²)	शिखयोः (śikhayoḥ)	शिखानाम् (śikhānām)
locative	शिखायाम् (śikhāyām)	शिखयोः (śikhayoḥ)	शिखासु (śikhāsu)
vocative	शिखे (śikhe)	शिखे (śikhe)	शिखाः (śikhāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: sikhā
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀳𑀸 (sihā), 𑀲𑀺𑀳𑀮𑀻 (sihalī), 𑀙𑀺𑀳𑀮𑀻 (chihalī)
- Sinhalese: සී (sī)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शिखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1070.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śikhā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press