अभिषेक्

Nepali

Alternative forms

• अभिषेक (abhiṣek)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌbisek]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्

Noun

अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek)

1. sprinkling; any religious ceremony where sprinkling is performed

   Synonyms: अभिषेचन (abhiṣecan), सिञ्चन (siñcan)

2. coronation, inauguration, investiture

   Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)

3. (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol

Declension

Declension of अभिषेक्
	Singular	Plural
nominative	अभिषेक् [ʌbʱisek]	अभिषेक्हरू [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾu]
accusative	अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi]	अभिषेक्हरूलाई [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	अभिषेक्ले [ʌbʱisekle]	अभिषेक्हरूले [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾule]
dative	अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi]	अभिषेक्हरूलाई [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	अभिषेक्बाट [ʌbʱisek̚koʈʌ]	अभिषेक्हरूबाट [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	अभिषेक्को [ʌbʱisek̚ko]	अभिषेक्हरूको [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾuko]
locative	अभिषेक्मा [ʌbʱisekmä]	अभिषेक्हरूमा [ʌbʱisekɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Proper noun

अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek) m

1. a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अभिषेक्
	Singular
nominative	अभिषेक् [ʌbʱisek]
accusative	अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi]
instrumental/ergative	अभिषेक्ले [ʌbʱisekle]
dative	अभिषेक्लाई [ʌbʱisekläi]
ablative	अभिषेक्बाट [ʌbʱisek̚koʈʌ]
genitive	अभिषेक्को [ʌbʱisek̚ko]
locative	अभिषेक्मा [ʌbʱisekmä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “अभिषेक्”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “अभिषेक्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner