शिखर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kʰəɾ/, [ʃɪ.kʰɐɾ]

Noun

शिखर • (śikhar) m (Urdu spelling شکھر)

1. pinnacle, apex

   वह अपने व्यवसाय के शिखर तक नहीं पहुँच पाया।

   vah apne vyavsāy ke śikhar tak nahī̃ pahũc pāyā.

   He was unable to reach the pinnacle of his career.

2. peak, summit (of a mountain)

   Synonym: चोटी (coṭī)

Declension

Declension of शिखर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिखर śikhar	शिखर śikhar
oblique	शिखर śikhar	शिखरों śikharõ
vocative	शिखर śikhar	शिखरो śikharo

Derived terms

• गोल शिखर (gol śikhar)

Proper noun

शिखर • (śikhar) m

1. a male given name, Shikhar, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of शिखर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिखर śikhar	शिखर śikhar
oblique	शिखर śikhar	शिखरों śikharõ
vocative	शिखर śikhar	शिखरो śikharo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिखर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शिखर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

शिखर • (śikhara) stem, ?

1. peak, top, summit

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शिखर (śikhara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिखरः śikharaḥ	शिखरौ / शिखरा¹ śikharau / śikharā¹	शिखराः / शिखरासः¹ śikharāḥ / śikharāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शिखर śikhara	शिखरौ / शिखरा¹ śikharau / śikharā¹	शिखराः / शिखरासः¹ śikharāḥ / śikharāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शिखरम् śikharam	शिखरौ / शिखरा¹ śikharau / śikharā¹	शिखरान् śikharān
Instrumental	शिखरेण śikhareṇa	शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām	शिखरैः / शिखरेभिः¹ śikharaiḥ / śikharebhiḥ¹
Dative	शिखराय śikharāya	शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām	शिखरेभ्यः śikharebhyaḥ
Ablative	शिखरात् śikharāt	शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām	शिखरेभ्यः śikharebhyaḥ
Genitive	शिखरस्य śikharasya	शिखरयोः śikharayoḥ	शिखराणाम् śikharāṇām
Locative	शिखरे śikhare	शिखरयोः śikharayoḥ	शिखरेषु śikhareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: சிகரம் (cikaram)
• Telugu: శిఖరాగ్రము (śikharāgramu)
• Hindi: शिखर (śikhar)
• Bengali: শিখর (śikhor)
• Gujarati: શિખર (śikhar)
• Kannada: ಶಿಖರ (śikhara)
• Marathi: शिखर (śikhar)
• Nepali: शिखर (śikhar)

References

• “शिखर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 546, column 1.