शिशु
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/
Noun
शिशु • (śiśu) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शिशु śiśu |
शिशु śiśu |
| oblique | शिशु śiśu |
शिशुओं śiśuõ |
| vocative | शिशु śiśu |
शिशुओ śiśuo |
Synonyms
- बच्चा (baccā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিশু (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
- শিশু (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
- શિશુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಶು (Kannada script)
- ឝិឝុ (Khmer script)
- ຨິຨຸ (Lao script)
- ശിശു (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଶିଶୁ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ශිශු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஶிஶு (Tamil script)
- శిశు (Telugu script)
- ศิศุ (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śíśHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćíćHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱh₁-ú-s, a derivative of *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, to be strong”). Compare also शाव (śāva), with the same meaning and origin; perhaps the sense of "strength" later changed to mean "growth", and even later to mean the "young" (since they continue to grow to maturity).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕí.ɕu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕi.ɕu/
Noun
शिशु • (śíśu) stem, m (root शू)
- a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun
- a boy under eight years of age
- a lad under sixteen
- a pupil, scholar
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शिशुः (śíśuḥ) | शिशू (śíśū) | शिशवः (śíśavaḥ) |
| accusative | शिशुम् (śíśum) | शिशू (śíśū) | शिशून् (śíśūn) |
| instrumental | शिशुना (śíśunā) शिश्वा¹ (śíśvā¹) |
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) | शिशुभिः (śíśubhiḥ) |
| dative | शिशवे (śíśave) शिश्वे¹ (śíśve¹) |
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) | शिशुभ्यः (śíśubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शिशोः (śíśoḥ) शिश्वः¹ (śíśvaḥ¹) |
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) | शिशुभ्यः (śíśubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शिशोः (śíśoḥ) शिश्वः¹ (śíśvaḥ¹) |
शिश्वोः (śíśvoḥ) | शिशूनाम् (śíśūnām) |
| locative | शिशौ (śíśau) | शिश्वोः (śíśvoḥ) | शिशुषु (śíśuṣu) |
| vocative | शिशो (śíśo) | शिशू (śíśū) | शिशवः (śíśavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Adjective
शिशु • (śíśu)
Declension
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शिशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”