শৈব

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoɪ.bɔ/

Adjective

শৈব • (xoibo)

1. of Shiva

Noun

শৈব • (xoibo)

1. a Shaivist; member of Shaivism

References

• “শৈব”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शैव (śaiva).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃoi̯b/, [ˈʃoi̯b]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃoi̯b/, [ˈʃoi̯b]

Adjective

শৈব • (śōib) (comparative আরও শৈব, superlative সবচেয়ে শৈব)

1. of Shiva

Noun

শৈব • (śōib)

1. a Shaivist; member of Shaivism

Declension

Inflection of শৈব
nominative	শৈব śōib
objective	শৈবকে śōib (semantically general or indefinite) / śōibke (semantically definite)
genitive	শৈবের śōiber
	Indefinite forms
nominative	শৈব śōib
objective	শৈবকে śōib (semantically general or indefinite) / śōibke (semantically definite)
genitive	শৈবের śōiber
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	শৈবটা, শৈবটি śōibṭa (colloquial), śōibṭi (formal)		শৈবেরা śōibera
objective	শৈবটাকে, শৈবটিকে śōibṭake (colloquial), śōibṭike (formal)		শৈবদের(কে) śōibder(ke)
genitive	শৈবটার, শৈবটির śōibṭar (colloquial), śōibṭir (formal)		শৈবদের śōibder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “শৈব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]