English
Etymology
From Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: shēʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈʃiːvə/
- enPR: shĭʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈʃɪvə/
- Rhymes: -iːvə, -ɪvə
Proper noun
Shiva
- (Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.
- A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Coordinate terms
Translations
deity
- Afrikaans: Sjiwa
- Arabic: شِيڤَا (šivā)
- Aragonese: Śiva
- Armenian: Շիվա (Šiva)
- Assamese: শিৱ (xiw)
- Asturian: Shivá
- Azerbaijani: Şiva
- Belarusian: Шыва m (Šyva)
- Bengali: শিব (bn) (śibo)
- Bihari: शिव
- Breton: Śiva
- Burmese: သိဝ (si.wa.)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Шіва m (Šiva)
- Catalan: Xiva (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 濕婆 / 湿婆 (sap1 po4), 大黑天 (daai6 hak1 tin1) (Buddhism)
- Mandarin: 濕婆 / 湿婆 (zh) (Shīpó), 大黑天 (Dàhēitiān) (Buddhism), 大自在天 (zh) (Dàzìzàitiān) (Buddhism)
- Czech: Šiva m
- Eastern Mari: Шива (Šiva)
- Esperanto: Ŝivao
- Estonian: Šiva
- Finnish: Shiva (fi), Šiva
- Georgian: შივა (šiva)
- German: Schiwa (de) m, Shiva
- Greek: Σίβα (el) f (Síva)
- Gujarati: શિવ m (śiv)
- Hindi: शिव (hi) m (śiv)
- Hungarian: Siva (hu)
- Icelandic: Síva
- Indonesian: Siwa (id)
- Irish: Síve m
- Japanese: シヴァ (Shiva), 大自在天
- Javanese: Siwah
- Kannada: ಶಿವ (kn) (śiva)
- Kazakh: Шива (Şiva)
- Khmer: សូលី (km) (soolii), បរមេស្វរៈ (km) (parameisvara), សិវៈ (km) (sevaʼ)
- Konkani: शिव (śiv)
- Korean: 시바 (Siba)
- Latin: Sivus
- Latvian: Šiva m
- Lithuanian: Šiva m
- Low German:
- German Low German: Schiwa
- Malayalam: ശിവൻ (ml) (śivaṉ)
- Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯕ (mni) (siba)
- Marathi: शिव m (śiv)
- Mingrelian: შივა (šiva)
- Nepali: शिव (śiv)
- Newar: चिवऩ्
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Shiva
- Nynorsk: Sjiva, Shiva
- Odia: ଶିବ (or) (śiba)
- Persian: شیوا (fa) (šivâ)
- Polish: Śiwa (pl) m
- Portuguese: Xiva (pt) m, Shiva (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਵ (pa) m (śiv)
- Russian: Ши́ва (ru) m (Šíva)
- Sanskrit: शिव (sa) m (śivá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ши̑ва m
- Roman: Šȋva (sh) m
- Sindhi: شِو
- Slovak: Šiva m
- Slovene: Šiva (sl)
- Tamil: சிவன் (ta) (civaṉ), ஈசன் (ta) (īcaṉ), சொக்கன் (ta) (cokkaṉ), கூத்தன் (ta) (kūttaṉ)
- Tatar: Шива (Şiwa)
- Telugu: శివుడు (te) (śivuḍu)
- Thai: ศิวะ (th) (sì-wá), อิศวร (ì-sǔuan), อีศวร, อิศร
- Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug)
- Tulu: ಈಶ್ವರ (īśvara)
- Turkish: Şiva
- Ukrainian: Шива (Šyva)
- Urdu: شیو (ur) m (śīv)
- Võro: Šiva
- Western Panjabi: شیوا m
- Yakut: Шива (Shiva)
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From Sanskrit शिव (śiva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiʋɑ/, [ˈʃiʋɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iʋɑ
Proper noun
Shiva
- Shiva (Hindu deity)
Declension
| Inflection of Shiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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| nominative
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Shiva
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—
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| genitive
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Shivan
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaa
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—
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| illative
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Shivaan
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—
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shiva
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shiva
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—
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| gen.
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Shivan
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| genitive
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Shivan
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaa
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassa
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—
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| elative
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Shivasta
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—
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| illative
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Shivaan
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—
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| adessive
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Shivalla
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—
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| ablative
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Shivalta
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—
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| allative
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Shivalle
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—
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| essive
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Shivana
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—
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| translative
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Shivaksi
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—
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| abessive
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Shivatta
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shivani
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shivani
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—
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| gen.
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Shivani
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| genitive
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Shivani
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaani
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassani
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—
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| elative
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Shivastani
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—
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| illative
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Shivaani
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—
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| adessive
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Shivallani
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—
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| ablative
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Shivaltani
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—
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| allative
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Shivalleni
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—
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| essive
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Shivanani
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—
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| translative
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Shivakseni
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—
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| abessive
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Shivattani
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shivasi
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shivasi
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—
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| gen.
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Shivasi
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| genitive
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Shivasi
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaasi
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassasi
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—
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| elative
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Shivastasi
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—
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| illative
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Shivaasi
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—
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| adessive
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Shivallasi
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—
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| ablative
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Shivaltasi
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—
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| allative
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Shivallesi
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—
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| essive
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Shivanasi
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—
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| translative
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Shivaksesi
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—
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| abessive
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Shivattasi
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shivamme
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shivamme
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—
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| gen.
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Shivamme
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| genitive
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Shivamme
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaamme
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassamme
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—
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| elative
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Shivastamme
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—
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| illative
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Shivaamme
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—
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| adessive
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Shivallamme
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—
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| ablative
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Shivaltamme
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—
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| allative
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Shivallemme
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—
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| essive
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Shivanamme
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—
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| translative
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Shivaksemme
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—
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| abessive
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Shivattamme
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shivanne
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shivanne
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—
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| gen.
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Shivanne
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| genitive
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Shivanne
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaanne
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassanne
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—
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| elative
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Shivastanne
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—
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| illative
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Shivaanne
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—
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| adessive
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Shivallanne
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—
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| ablative
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Shivaltanne
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—
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| allative
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Shivallenne
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—
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| essive
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Shivananne
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—
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| translative
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Shivaksenne
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—
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| abessive
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Shivattanne
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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—
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Shivansa
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Shivansa
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—
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| gen.
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Shivansa
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| genitive
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Shivansa
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—
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| partitive
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Shivaansa
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—
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| inessive
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Shivassaan
Shivassansa
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—
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| elative
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Shivastaan
Shivastansa
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—
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| illative
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Shivaansa
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—
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| adessive
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Shivallaan
Shivallansa
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—
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| ablative
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Shivaltaan
Shivaltansa
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—
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| allative
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Shivalleen
Shivallensa
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—
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| essive
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Shivanaan
Shivanansa
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—
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| translative
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Shivakseen
Shivaksensa
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—
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| abessive
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Shivattaan
Shivattansa
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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Japanese
Romanization
Shiva
- Rōmaji transcription of シヴァ
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.va/
Proper noun
Shiva m
- alternative spelling of Xiva