शशक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शशक (śaśaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ʃək/, [ʃɐ.ʃɐk]

Noun

शशक • (śaśak) m (Urdu spelling ششک)

1. rabbit
2. hare

Declension

Declension of शशक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शशक śaśak	शशक śaśak
oblique	शशक śaśak	शशकों śaśakõ
vocative	शशक śaśak	शशको śaśako

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শশক (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬰᬓ (Balinese script)
• শশক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰫𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀰𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐၐက (Burmese script)
• શશક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌶𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦯꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂬𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಶಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝឝក (Khmer script)
• ຨຨກ (Lao script)
• ശശക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡧᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘫𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠱᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧋𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐱𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶଶକ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢯꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆯𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖫𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශශක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩿𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚧𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶஶக (Tamil script)
• శశక (Telugu script)
• ศศก (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཤ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒬𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨮𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शश (śaśa, “hare”) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ɕɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ɕɐ.kɐ/

Noun

शशक • (śaśaka) stem, m

1. rabbit
2. hare
3. man of a particular character

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शशक (śaśaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शशकः śaśakaḥ	शशकौ / शशका¹ śaśakau / śaśakā¹	शशकाः / शशकासः¹ śaśakāḥ / śaśakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शशक śaśaka	शशकौ / शशका¹ śaśakau / śaśakā¹	शशकाः / शशकासः¹ śaśakāḥ / śaśakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शशकम् śaśakam	शशकौ / शशका¹ śaśakau / śaśakā¹	शशकान् śaśakān
Instrumental	शशकेन śaśakena	शशकाभ्याम् śaśakābhyām	शशकैः / शशकेभिः¹ śaśakaiḥ / śaśakebhiḥ¹
Dative	शशकाय śaśakāya	शशकाभ्याम् śaśakābhyām	शशकेभ्यः śaśakebhyaḥ
Ablative	शशकात् śaśakāt	शशकाभ्याम् śaśakābhyām	शशकेभ्यः śaśakebhyaḥ
Genitive	शशकस्य śaśakasya	शशकयोः śaśakayoḥ	शशकानाम् śaśakānām
Locative	शशके śaśake	शशकयोः śaśakayoḥ	शशकेषु śaśakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (learned)
  • Hindi: शशक (śaśak)
  • Urdu: ششک
• Middle Indo-Aryan:
  • Pali: sasaka
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Hindi: ससक (sasak) (uncommon)
    • Romani: śośoj

References

• “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2012 May 25 (last accessed)