शिशु

See also: शिशी, शीशा, शश, शीशी, and शीश-

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun

शिशु • (śiśu) m

1. child, baby, infant

Declension

Declension of शिशु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिशु śiśu	शिशु śiśu
oblique	शिशु śiśu	शिशुओं śiśuõ
vocative	शिशु śiśu	शिशुओ śiśuo

Synonyms

• बच्चा (baccā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিশু (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• শিশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
• શિશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಶು (Kannada script)
• ឝិឝុ (Khmer script)
• ຨິຨຸ (Lao script)
• ശിശു (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଶିଶୁ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ශිශු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஶிஶு (Tamil script)
• శిశు (Telugu script)
• ศิศุ (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕí.ɕu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕu/

Noun

शिशु • (śíśu) stem, m

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

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

शिशु • (śíśu)

1. young, infantine

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

• 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-”