शिर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
- শির (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိရ (Burmese script)
- શિર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿರ (Kannada script)
- ឝិរ (Khmer script)
- ຨິຣ (Lao script)
- ശിര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶିର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශිර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶிர (Tamil script)
- శిర (Telugu script)
- ศิร (Thai script)
- ཤི་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬀 (sara).
Noun
शिर • (śira) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिरः (śiraḥ) | शिरौ (śirau) शिरा¹ (śirā¹) |
शिराः (śirāḥ) शिरासः¹ (śirāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शिरम् (śiram) | शिरौ (śirau) शिरा¹ (śirā¹) |
शिरान् (śirān) |
| instrumental | शिरेण (śireṇa) | शिराभ्याम् (śirābhyām) | शिरैः (śiraiḥ) शिरेभिः¹ (śirebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शिराय (śirāya) | शिराभ्याम् (śirābhyām) | शिरेभ्यः (śirebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिरात् (śirāt) | शिराभ्याम् (śirābhyām) | शिरेभ्यः (śirebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिरस्य (śirasya) | शिरयोः (śirayoḥ) | शिराणाम् (śirāṇām) |
| locative | शिरे (śire) | शिरयोः (śirayoḥ) | शिरेषु (śireṣu) |
| vocative | शिर (śira) | शिरौ (śirau) शिरा¹ (śirā¹) |
शिराः (śirāḥ) शिरासः¹ (śirāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pashayi: šero
- Kashmiri: ह्यरि॒ (hyari॒), हीरू॒ (hīrū॒)
- Old Javanese: śirah
- Pali: sira
- → Sinhalese: සිර (sira)
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)
- Punjabi: ਸਿਰ (sir), ਸਿਰੀ (sirī)
- Sindhi: 𑋝𑋡𑋙𑋣 (siru), 𑋝𑋡𑋙𑋢 (sirī)
- West Pahāṛī: śir,śirī
- Churahi: 𑚧𑚮𑚤
- Kumaoni: सिर
- Nepali: सिर (sira)
- Assamese: শিৰ (xir)
- Bengali: শির (śir)
- Odia: ଶିର (śira)
- Maithili: 𑒮𑒱𑒩 (sira)
- Awadhi: 𑂮𑂱𑂩
- Hindi: सिर (sir), सिरा (sirā), सिरी (sirī)
- Gujarati: સિર (sir)
- Marathi: 𑘫𑘲𑘨 (śīr), शीर (śīr)
References
- [1] definition from Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śira”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.