Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun edit

शिशु (śiśum

  1. child, baby, infant

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śíśHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćíćHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱh₁-ú-s, a derivative of *ḱewh₁- (to swell, to be strong). Compare also शाव (śāva), with the same meaning and origin; perhaps the sense of "strength" later changed to mean "growth", and even later to mean the "young" (since they continue to grow to maturity).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

शिशु (śíśu) stemm

  1. a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun
  2. a boy under eight years of age
  3. a lad under sixteen
  4. a pupil, scholar

Declension edit

Masculine u-stem declension of शिशु (śíśu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शिशुः
śíśuḥ
शिशू
śíśū
शिशवः
śíśavaḥ
Vocative शिशो
śíśo
शिशू
śíśū
शिशवः
śíśavaḥ
Accusative शिशुम्
śíśum
शिशू
śíśū
शिशून्
śíśūn
Instrumental शिशुना / शिश्वा¹
śíśunā / śíśvā¹
शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām
शिशुभिः
śíśubhiḥ
Dative शिशवे / शिश्वे¹
śíśave / śíśve¹
शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām
शिशुभ्यः
śíśubhyaḥ
Ablative शिशोः / शिश्वः¹
śíśoḥ / śíśvaḥ¹
शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām
शिशुभ्यः
śíśubhyaḥ
Genitive शिशोः / शिश्वः¹
śíśoḥ / śíśvaḥ¹
शिश्वोः
śíśvoḥ
शिशूनाम्
śíśūnām
Locative शिशौ
śíśau
शिश्वोः
śíśvoḥ
शिशुषु
śíśuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Adjective edit

शिशु (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

Declension edit

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Hindi: शिशु (śiśu)
  • Bengali: শিশু (śiśu)
  • Kannada: ಶಿಶು (śiśu)
  • Telugu: శిశువు (śiśuvu)

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899), “शिशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”