Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिल्प (śilpa).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪlp/

Noun edit

शिल्प (śilpm

  1. craft, skill, art
    Synonyms: हस्तकला (hastaklā), दस्तकारी (dastakārī)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Likely from a metathesis of unattested *पिश्ल (piśla), from पेश् (peś), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (to mark, paint); compare पिंशति (piṃśati, to adorn; to mould, carve out, grind) and Proto-Slavic *pь̀strъ (variegated), as well as Ancient Greek πρικός (prikós) and πῐκρός (pikrós, sharp, pointed), the former being a metathesis of the latter.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

शिल्प (śilpa) stemn

  1. the art of variegation; variegated or diversified appearance; decoration; ornament
  2. craft, skill, art
    Synonyms: हस्तकला (hastakalā), दस्तकारी (dastakārī)
  3. ingenuity; contrivance
  4. ceremony; rites
  5. form; shape

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of शिल्प (śilpa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शिल्पम्
śilpam
शिल्पे
śilpe
शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹
śilpāni / śilpā¹
Vocative शिल्प
śilpa
शिल्पे
śilpe
शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹
śilpāni / śilpā¹
Accusative शिल्पम्
śilpam
शिल्पे
śilpe
शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹
śilpāni / śilpā¹
Instrumental शिल्पेन
śilpena
शिल्पाभ्याम्
śilpābhyām
शिल्पैः / शिल्पेभिः¹
śilpaiḥ / śilpebhiḥ¹
Dative शिल्पाय
śilpāya
शिल्पाभ्याम्
śilpābhyām
शिल्पेभ्यः
śilpebhyaḥ
Ablative शिल्पात्
śilpāt
शिल्पाभ्याम्
śilpābhyām
शिल्पेभ्यः
śilpebhyaḥ
Genitive शिल्पस्य
śilpasya
शिल्पयोः
śilpayoḥ
शिल्पानाम्
śilpānām
Locative शिल्पे
śilpe
शिल्पयोः
śilpayoḥ
शिल्पेषु
śilpeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शिल्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1073, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śirīṣa- - śiśayá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 640
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PEŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 168-169
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 343-344