श्मशान
See also: शमशान
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- शमशान (śamśān)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्मशान (śmaśāná).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
श्मशान • (śmaśān) m (Urdu spelling شمشان)
- crematorium, burning-ghat
- Synonym: मरघट (marghaṭ)
Declension edit
Declension of श्मशान (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- श्मशानवासी (śmaśānvāsī)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्मशान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- শ্মশান (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬫᬰᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- শ্মশান (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰦𑰫𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀫𑀰𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ၐ္မၐာန (Burmese script)
- શ્મશાન (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌶𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦯ꧀ꦩꦯꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂧𑂬𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ಮಶಾನ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្មឝាន (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ມຨານ (Lao script)
- ശ്മശാന (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠮᠠᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘦𑘫𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠮᠠᠱᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧆𑧋𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐩𑐱𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ମଶାନ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢪꢯꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆩𑆯𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖦𑖫𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ශ්මශාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩴𑩿𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚢𑚧𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஶ்மஶாந (Tamil script)
- శ్మశాన (Telugu script)
- ศฺมศาน (Thai script)
- ཤྨ་ཤཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒧𑒬𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨢𑨮𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
श्मशान • (śmaśāná) stem, n
Descendants edit
- Konkani: मसण (masaṇ)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘭𑘜 (masaṇa), 𑘦𑘭𑘡 (masana)
- Pali: susāna
- Sindhi: مساڻُ / मसाणु
- → Bengali: শ্মশান (śmośan) (learned)
- → Hindustani:
- → Malayalam: ശ്മശാനം (śmaśānaṁ)
- → Telugu: శ్మశానము (śmaśānamu)
References edit
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “श्मशान”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]