Shiva

See also: shiva

English

A statue in Bangalore depicting Shiva meditating

Alternative forms

• Śiva, Siva

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːvə/
• enPR: shĭʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪvə/
• Rhymes: -iːvə, -ɪvə

Proper noun

Shiva

1. (Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Related terms

• Shaivism

Translations

deity

• Afrikaans: Sjiwa
• Arabic: شِيڤَا‎ (šivā)
• Aragonese: Śiva
• Armenian: Շիվա (Šiva)
• Assamese: শিৱ (xiw)
• Asturian: Shivá
• Azerbaijani: Şiva
• Belarusian: Шыва m (Šyva)
• Bengali: শিব (bn) (śibo)
• Bihari: शिव
• Breton: Śiva
• Burmese: သိဝ (si.wa.)
• Catalan: Xiva (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 濕婆／湿婆 (Sap¹ po⁴), 大黑天 (Daai⁶ hak¹ tin¹) (Buddhism)

  Mandarin: 濕婆／湿婆 (zh) (Shīpó), 大黑天 (Dàhēitiān) (Buddhism), 大自在天 (zh) (Dàzìzàitiān) (Buddhism)

• Czech: Šiva m
• Eastern Mari: Шива (Šiva)
• Esperanto: Ŝivao
• Estonian: Šiva
• Finnish: Shiva (fi), Šiva
• Georgian: შივა (šiva)
• German: Schiwa (de) m, Shiva
• Greek: Σίβα (el) f (Síva)
• Gujarati: શિવ m (śiv)
• Hindi: शिव (hi) m (śiv)
• Hungarian: Siva (hu)
• Icelandic: Síva
• Indonesian: Siwa (id)
• Irish: Síve m
• Japanese: シヴァ (Shiva), 大自在天
• Javanese: Siwah
• Kannada: ಶಿವ (kn) (śiva)
• Kazakh: Шива (Şiva)
• Khmer: សូលី (km) (soolii), បរមេស្វរៈ (km) (parameisvara), សិវៈ (km) (sevaʼ)
• Konkani: शिव (śiv)
• Korean: 시바 (Siba)
• Latin: Sivus
• Latvian: Šiva m
• Lithuanian: Šiva m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Schiwa

• Malayalam: ശിവൻ (ml) (śivaṉ)
• Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯕ (mni) (siba)
• Marathi: शिव m (śiv)
• Mingrelian: შივა (šiva)
• Nepali: शिव (śiv)
• Newar: चिवऩ्
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Shiva

  Nynorsk: Sjiva, Shiva

• Oriya: ଶିବ (or) (śibô)
• Persian: شیوا‎ (fa) (šivâ)
• Polish: Śiwa (pl) m
• Portuguese: Xiva m
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਵ (pa) m (śiv)
• Russian: Ши́ва (ru) m (Šíva)
• Rusyn: Шіва m (Šiva)
• Sanskrit: शिव (sa) m (śivá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ши̑ва m

  Roman: Šȋva (sh) m

• Sindhi: شِو‎
• Slovak: Šiva m
• Slovene: Šiva (sl)
• Tamil: சிவன் (ta) (civaṉ)
• Tatar: Шива (Şiwa)
• Telugu: శివుడు (te) (śivuḍu)
• Thai: ศิวะ (th) (sì-wá), อิศวร (ì-sǔuan), อีศวร, อิศร
• Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག (dbang phyug)
• Tulu: ಈಶ್ವರ (īśvara)
• Turkish: Şiva
• Ukrainian: Шива (Šyva)
• Urdu: شیو‎ (ur) m (śīv)
• Võro: Šiva
• Western Panjabi: شیوا‎ m
• Yakut: Шива (Shiva)

Further reading

• Shiva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Šiva

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिव (śiva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiʋɑ/, [ˈʃiʋɑ̝]

Proper noun

Shiva

1. Shiva (Hindu deity)

Declension

Inflection of Shiva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Shiva	—
genitive		Shivan	—
partitive		Shivaa	—
illative		Shivaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Shiva	—
accusative	nom.	Shiva	—
	gen.	Shivan
genitive		Shivan	—
partitive		Shivaa	—
inessive		Shivassa	—
elative		Shivasta	—
illative		Shivaan	—
adessive		Shivalla	—
ablative		Shivalta	—
allative		Shivalle	—
essive		Shivana	—
translative		Shivaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Shivatta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Shiva (type kala)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Shivani — accusative nom. Shivani — gen. Shivani genitive Shivani — partitive Shivaani — inessive Shivassani — elative Shivastani — illative Shivaani — adessive Shivallani — ablative Shivaltani — allative Shivalleni — essive Shivanani — translative Shivakseni — instructive — — abessive Shivattani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Shivasi — accusative nom. Shivasi — gen. Shivasi genitive Shivasi — partitive Shivaasi — inessive Shivassasi — elative Shivastasi — illative Shivaasi — adessive Shivallasi — ablative Shivaltasi — allative Shivallesi — essive Shivanasi — translative Shivaksesi — instructive — — abessive Shivattasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Shivamme — accusative nom. Shivamme — gen. Shivamme genitive Shivamme — partitive Shivaamme — inessive Shivassamme — elative Shivastamme — illative Shivaamme — adessive Shivallamme — ablative Shivaltamme — allative Shivallemme — essive Shivanamme — translative Shivaksemme — instructive — — abessive Shivattamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Shivanne — accusative nom. Shivanne — gen. Shivanne genitive Shivanne — partitive Shivaanne — inessive Shivassanne — elative Shivastanne — illative Shivaanne — adessive Shivallanne — ablative Shivaltanne — allative Shivallenne — essive Shivananne — translative Shivaksenne — instructive — — abessive Shivattanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Shivansa — accusative nom. Shivansa — gen. Shivansa genitive Shivansa — partitive Shivaansa — inessive Shivassaan Shivassansa — elative Shivastaan Shivastansa — illative Shivaansa — adessive Shivallaan Shivallansa — ablative Shivaltaan Shivaltansa — allative Shivalleen Shivallensa — essive Shivanaan Shivanansa — translative Shivakseen Shivaksensa — instructive — — abessive Shivattaan Shivattansa — comitative — —

Japanese

Romanization

Shiva

1. Rōmaji transcription of シヴァ

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit शिव (śiva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.vɐ/

Proper noun

Shiva m

1. Alternative form of Xiva