श्मश्रु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শ্মশ্ৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬫᬰ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- শ্মশ্রু (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰦𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ၐ္မၐြု (Burmese script)
- શ્મશ્રુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਮਸ਼੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦯ꧀ꦩꦯꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂧𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ಮಶ್ರು (Kannada script)
- ឝ្មឝ្រុ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ມຨ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
- ശ്മശ്രു (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠮᠠᡧᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘦𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠮᠠᠱᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧆𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐩𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ମଶ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢪꢯ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆩𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖦𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ශ්මශ්රු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩴𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚢𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஶ்மஶ்ரு (Tamil script)
- శ్మశ్రు (Telugu script)
- ศฺมศฺรุ (Thai script)
- ཤྨ་ཤྲུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒧𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨢𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *smoḱru (“beard”), from original *smóḱwr̥. Cognate with Albanian mjekër (“beard”), Old Armenian մօրուք (mōrukʻ, “beard”), Lithuanian smãkras (“chin”), Hittite 𒍝𒈠𒀭𒆳 (za-ma-an-kur /tsmá(n)gur/, “beard”), Irish smech (“chin”). The assimilation of Sanskrit *s to ś, thus giving श्मश्रु (śmaśru) instead of *स्मश्रु (*smaśru), is regular in the presence of another ś, as is also observed in शश (śaśa, “hare”) and श्वशुर (śvaśura, “father-in-law”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕmɐ́ɕ.ɾu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕmɐɕ.ɾu/
Noun
श्मश्रु • (śmáśru) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श्मश्रु (śmaśru) | श्मश्रुणी (śmaśruṇī) | श्मश्रूणि (śmaśrūṇi) श्मश्रु¹ (śmaśru¹) श्मश्रू¹ (śmaśrū¹) |
| accusative | श्मश्रु (śmaśru) | श्मश्रुणी (śmaśruṇī) | श्मश्रूणि (śmaśrūṇi) श्मश्रु¹ (śmaśru¹) श्मश्रू¹ (śmaśrū¹) |
| instrumental | श्मश्रुणा (śmaśruṇā) श्मश्र्वा¹ (śmaśrvā¹) |
श्मश्रुभ्याम् (śmaśrubhyām) | श्मश्रुभिः (śmaśrubhiḥ) |
| dative | श्मश्रुणे (śmaśruṇe) श्मश्रवे¹ (śmaśrave¹) |
श्मश्रुभ्याम् (śmaśrubhyām) | श्मश्रुभ्यः (śmaśrubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श्मश्रुणः (śmaśruṇaḥ) श्मश्रोः¹ (śmaśroḥ¹) |
श्मश्रुभ्याम् (śmaśrubhyām) | श्मश्रुभ्यः (śmaśrubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श्मश्रुणः (śmaśruṇaḥ) श्मश्रोः¹ (śmaśroḥ¹) |
श्मश्रुणोः (śmaśruṇoḥ) श्मश्र्वोः¹ (śmaśrvoḥ¹) |
श्मश्रूणाम् (śmaśrūṇām) |
| locative | श्मश्रुणि (śmaśruṇi) श्मश्रौ¹ (śmaśrau¹) |
श्मश्रुणोः (śmaśruṇoḥ) श्मश्र्वोः¹ (śmaśrvoḥ¹) |
श्मश्रुषु (śmaśruṣu) |
| vocative | श्मश्रु (śmaśru) श्मश्रो (śmaśro) |
श्मश्रुणी (śmaśruṇī) | श्मश्रूणि (śmaśrūṇi) श्मश्रु¹ (śmaśru¹) श्मश्रू¹ (śmaśrū¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Bengali: শ্মশ্রু (śmosru)
- Hindi: मूंछ (mūñch), मूँछ (mū̃ch), मूछ (mūch)
- Pali: massu
- → Thai: มัสสุ (mát-sù)
- Prakrit: [script needed] (massū̆), [script needed] (maṁsu), [script needed] (māsu), [script needed] (māsurī)
- → Malayalam: മയിർ (mayiṟ), മയിര് (mayirŭ), മൈര് (mairŭ), മൈർ (maiṟ), മശിർ (maśiṟ), മശിര് (maśirŭ)
- → Tamil: மயிர் (mayir), மசிர் (macir)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śmáśru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 660
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “श्मश्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1094/2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śmaśru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.