शिशयिषा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিশয়িষা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬰᬬᬶᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- শিশয়িষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰧𑰰𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀬𑀺𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိၐယိၑာ (Burmese script)
- શિશયિષા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਯਿਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌯𑌿𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦯꦪꦶꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂨𑂱𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಶಯಿಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝិឝយិឞា (Khmer script)
- ຨິຨຍິຩາ (Lao script)
- ശിശയിഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡧᠠᠶᡳᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘧𑘱𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧇𑧒𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐫𑐶𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶିଶଯିଷା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢯꢫꢶꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆪𑆴𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖧𑖰𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශිශයිෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩿𑩻𑩑𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚣𑚮𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶிஶயிஷா (Tamil script)
- శిశయిషా (Telugu script)
- ศิศยิษา (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཤ་ཡི་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒨𑒱𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑨪𑨁𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Back-formation from शिशयिषते (śiśayiṣate, “wishes to sleep”, desiderative) + -आ (-ā), from the root शी (śī, “to sleep”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/
Noun
शिशयिषा • (śiśayiṣā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिशयिषा (śiśayiṣā) | शिशयिषे (śiśayiṣe) | शिशयिषाः (śiśayiṣāḥ) |
| accusative | शिशयिषाम् (śiśayiṣām) | शिशयिषे (śiśayiṣe) | शिशयिषाः (śiśayiṣāḥ) |
| instrumental | शिशयिषया (śiśayiṣayā) शिशयिषा¹ (śiśayiṣā¹) |
शिशयिषाभ्याम् (śiśayiṣābhyām) | शिशयिषाभिः (śiśayiṣābhiḥ) |
| dative | शिशयिषायै (śiśayiṣāyai) | शिशयिषाभ्याम् (śiśayiṣābhyām) | शिशयिषाभ्यः (śiśayiṣābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिशयिषायाः (śiśayiṣāyāḥ) शिशयिषायै² (śiśayiṣāyai²) |
शिशयिषाभ्याम् (śiśayiṣābhyām) | शिशयिषाभ्यः (śiśayiṣābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिशयिषायाः (śiśayiṣāyāḥ) शिशयिषायै² (śiśayiṣāyai²) |
शिशयिषयोः (śiśayiṣayoḥ) | शिशयिषाणाम् (śiśayiṣāṇām) |
| locative | शिशयिषायाम् (śiśayiṣāyām) | शिशयिषयोः (śiśayiṣayoḥ) | शिशयिषासु (śiśayiṣāsu) |
| vocative | शिशयिषे (śiśayiṣe) | शिशयिषे (śiśayiṣe) | शिशयिषाः (śiśayiṣāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “शिशयिषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076, column 1.