शिरस्
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- শিৰস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শিরস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိရသ် (Burmese script)
- શિરસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿರಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝិរស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨິຣສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശിരസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶିରସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශිරස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶிரஸ் (Tamil script)
- శిరస్ (Telugu script)
- ศิรสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤི་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os, from *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Related to Vedic Sanskrit शीर्षन् (śīrṣán). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
शिरस् • (śíras) stem, n
- (anatomy) head, skull
- the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme
- the forepart or van (of an army)
- the beginning (of a verse)
- the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)
Declension edit
Neuter as-stem declension of शिरस् (śíras) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शिरः śíraḥ |
शिरसी śírasī |
शिरांसि śírāṃsi |
Vocative | शिरः śíraḥ |
शिरसी śírasī |
शिरांसि śírāṃsi |
Accusative | शिरः śíraḥ |
शिरसी śírasī |
शिरांसि śírāṃsi |
Instrumental | शिरसा śírasā |
शिरोभ्याम् śírobhyām |
शिरोभिः śírobhiḥ |
Dative | शिरसे śírase |
शिरोभ्याम् śírobhyām |
शिरोभ्यः śírobhyaḥ |
Ablative | शिरसः śírasaḥ |
शिरोभ्याम् śírobhyām |
शिरोभ्यः śírobhyaḥ |
Genitive | शिरसः śírasaḥ |
शिरसोः śírasoḥ |
शिरसाम् śírasām |
Locative | शिरसि śírasi |
शिरसोः śírasoḥ |
शिरःसु śíraḥsu |
Borrowed terms edit
Descendants edit
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)
- Awadhi: सिर (sir)
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: [script needed] (hīrü)
- Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (šīr)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: සිර (sira)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)
- Pali: siras
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “शिरस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1072/2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíras”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 638-639