शव
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शव (śava).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
शव • (śav) m (Urdu spelling شو)
- corpse, dead body
- मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले। ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.
- नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया। ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.
Declension edit
Declension of शव (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms edit
- लाश (lāś)
Derived terms edit
- शवदाह (śavdāh, “cremation”)
- शवस्थान (śavsthān, “crematorium”)
- शवपरीक्षा (śavprīkṣā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
- शवशाला (śavśālā, “mortuary”)
- शवसंस्कार (śavsanskār, “funeral rites”)
References edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- শৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬯ (Balinese script)
- শব (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ၐဝ (Burmese script)
- શવ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಶವ (Kannada script)
- ឝវ (Khmer script)
- ຨວ (Lao script)
- ശവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଶଵ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖪 (Siddham script)
- ශව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஶவ (Tamil script)
- శవ (Telugu script)
- ศว (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
शव • (śava) stem, ?
References edit
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शव”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]