स्पर्श

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्पर्श (sparśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /spəɾʃ/, [spɐɾʃ]

Noun

स्पर्श • (sparś) m

1. touching, contact
2. (linguistics) sparsha: a stop or nasal

Declension

Declension of स्पर्श (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्पर्श sparś	स्पर्श sparś
oblique	स्पर्श sparś	स्पर्शों sparśõ
vocative	स्पर्श sparś	स्पर्शो sparśo

Derived terms

• स्पर्श करना (sparś karnā)
• स्पर्शवर्ग (sparśavarg)
• स्पर्शवर्ण (sparśavarṇ)

 

Related terms

• स्पृश्य (spŕśya, “touchable”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্পৰ্শ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬧᬃᬰ (Balinese script)
• স্পর্শ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ပရ္ၐ (Burmese script)
• સ્પર્શ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦥꦂꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಪರ್ಶ (Kannada script)
• ស្បឝ៌ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ປຣ຺ຨ (Lao script)
• സ്പര്ശ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᡵᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᠷᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐱 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ପର୍ଶ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢦꢬ꣄ꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්පර්‍ශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚧 (Takri script)
• ஸ்பர்ஶ (Tamil script)
• స్పర్శ (Telugu script)
• สฺปรฺศ (Thai script)
• སྤ་རྴ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From स्पृश् (spṛś, “to touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spɐɾ.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪pɐɾ.ɕɐ/

Noun

स्पर्श • (sparśá) stem, m

1. touch

Inflection

Masculine a-stem declension of स्पर्श (sparśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्पर्शः sparśáḥ	स्पर्शौ / स्पर्शा¹ sparśaú / sparśā́¹	स्पर्शाः / स्पर्शासः¹ sparśā́ḥ / sparśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	स्पर्श spárśa	स्पर्शौ / स्पर्शा¹ spárśau / spárśā¹	स्पर्शाः / स्पर्शासः¹ spárśāḥ / spárśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्पर्शम् sparśám	स्पर्शौ / स्पर्शा¹ sparśaú / sparśā́¹	स्पर्शान् sparśā́n
Instrumental	स्पर्शेन sparśéna	स्पर्शाभ्याम् sparśā́bhyām	स्पर्शैः / स्पर्शेभिः¹ sparśaíḥ / sparśébhiḥ¹
Dative	स्पर्शाय sparśā́ya	स्पर्शाभ्याम् sparśā́bhyām	स्पर्शेभ्यः sparśébhyaḥ
Ablative	स्पर्शात् sparśā́t	स्पर्शाभ्याम् sparśā́bhyām	स्पर्शेभ्यः sparśébhyaḥ
Genitive	स्पर्शस्य sparśásya	स्पर्शयोः sparśáyoḥ	स्पर्शानाम् sparśā́nām
Locative	स्पर्शे sparśé	स्पर्शयोः sparśáyoḥ	स्पर्शेषु sparśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्पर्श”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1269.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्पर्श”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्पर्श”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press