ابھشیک

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʃeːk/

Noun

اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

1. sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
2. inauguration, consecration, investiture

   Synonym: اِفْتِتاح (iftitāh)

3. (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol

Declension

Declension of ابھشیک
	singular	plural
direct	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)
oblique	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیکوں (abhiṣekō̃)
vocative	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیکو (abhiṣekō)

Proper noun

اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

1. a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.