शिफा
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शिफ (śipha)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিফা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬨᬵ (Balinese script)
- শিফা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰣𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀨𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိဖာ (Burmese script)
- શિફા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਫਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌫𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦦꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂤𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಫಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝិផា (Khmer script)
- ຨິຜາ (Lao script)
- ശിഫാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡦᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘣𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠹᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧃𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐦𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶିଫା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢧꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆦𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖣𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශිඵා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩱𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚟𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶிப²ா (Tamil script)
- శిఫా (Telugu script)
- ศิผา (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཕཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒤𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨟𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.pʰɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕi.pʰɑː/
Noun
शिफा • (śiphā) stem, f
- a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips)
- a lash or stroke with a whip or rod
- a branch
- a river
- a tuft of hair on the crown of the head
- the root of a waterlily
- spikenard
- turmeric
- a sort of dill or fennel
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिफा (śiphā) | शिफे (śiphe) | शिफाः (śiphāḥ) |
| accusative | शिफाम् (śiphām) | शिफे (śiphe) | शिफाः (śiphāḥ) |
| instrumental | शिफया (śiphayā) शिफा¹ (śiphā¹) |
शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām) | शिफाभिः (śiphābhiḥ) |
| dative | शिफायै (śiphāyai) | शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām) | शिफाभ्यः (śiphābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिफायाः (śiphāyāḥ) शिफायै² (śiphāyai²) |
शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām) | शिफाभ्यः (śiphābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिफायाः (śiphāyāḥ) शिफायै² (śiphāyai²) |
शिफयोः (śiphayoḥ) | शिफानाम् (śiphānām) |
| locative | शिफायाम् (śiphāyām) | शिफयोः (śiphayoḥ) | शिफासु (śiphāsu) |
| vocative | शिफे (śiphe) | शिफे (śiphe) | शिफाः (śiphāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शिफा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1072.