ابھشیک
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʃeːk/
Noun
[edit]اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)
- sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
- inauguration, consecration, investiture
- Synonym: اِفْتِتاح (iftitāh)
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
[edit]Declension of ابھشیک | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) |
oblique | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیکوں (abhiṣekō̃) |
vocative | اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek) | اَبِھشیکو (abhiṣekō) |
Proper noun
[edit]اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Further reading
[edit]- Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
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- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- ur:Hinduism
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- Urdu proper nouns
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