शा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵ (Balinese script)
• শা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာ (Burmese script)
• શા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝា (Khmer script)
• ຨາ (Lao script)
• ശാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶா (Tamil script)
• శా (Telugu script)
• ศา (Thai script)
• ཤཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃(i)- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning, sharp”), cuneus (“wedge”) whence English coin; Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos) whence English cone; English hone.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː/

Root

शा • (śā)

1. to sharpen
2. to satisfy
3. to regale

Alternative forms

• शि (śi)

Derived terms

• शिशाति (śíśāti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1069.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शा”, 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

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 376
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 319
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0541, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0541