शरीर

See also: शरीरों and शरीरो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Marathi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾiːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

शरीर • (śarīr) m (Urdu spelling شریر‎)

1. (anatomy) body, bodily frame

   Synonyms: तन (tan), जिस्म (jisma), बदन (badan), बॉडी (bŏḍī)

   तुम्हारा शरीर और आत्मा एक मंदिर है।

   tumhārā śarīr aur ātmā ek mandir hai.

   Your body and soul are a temple.

Declension

Declension of शरीर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शरीर śarīr	शरीर śarīr
oblique	शरीर śarīr	शरीरों śarīrõ
vocative	शरीर śarīr	शरीरो śarīro

Related terms

• शारीरिक (śārīrik, “bodily; corporeal; physical”, adjective)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “शरीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Hindi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕə.ɾiɾ/, [ɕə.ɾiːɾ]

Noun

शरीर • (śarīr) n

1. (anatomy) body

   Synonyms: देह (deh), काया (kāyā), तनू (tanū), तन (tan)

   मानवी शरीर

   mānvī śarīr

   human body

2. one's body
3. bodily strength
4. corpse, dead body

Declension

Declension of शरीर (śarīr)
direct singular	शरीर śarīr
direct plural	शरीरे, शरीरं śarīre, śarīra
	singular		plural
nominative	शरीर śarīr		शरीरे, शरीरं śarīre, śarīra
oblique	शरीरा- śarīrā-		शरीरां- śarīrāN-
dative	शरीराला śarīrālā		शरीरांना śarīrāNnā
ergative	शरीराने śarīrāne		शरीरांनी śarīrāNni
instrumental	शरीराशी śarīrāśi		शरीरांशी śarīrāNśi
locative	शरीरात śarīrāt		शरीरांत śarīrāNt
vocative	शरीरा śarīrā		शरीरांनो śarīrāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शरीर
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	शरीराचा śarīrāċā	शरीराचे śarīrāce	शरीराची śarīrāci	शरीराच्या śarīrāca	शरीराचे, शरीराचं śarīrāce, śarīrāċa	शरीराची śarīrāci	शरीराच्या śarīrāca
plural subject	शरीरांचा śarīrāNċā	शरीरांचे śarīrāNce	शरीरांची śarīrāNci	शरीरांच्या śarīrāNca	शरीरांचे, शरीरांचं śarīrāNce, śarīrāNċa	शरीरांची śarīrāNci	शरीरांच्या śarīrāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Related terms

• शारीरिक (śārīrik, “bodily; corporeal; physical”, adjective)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬭᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• শৰীৰ (Assamese script)
• শরীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰨𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• શરીર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਰੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦯꦫꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• ឝរីរ (Khmer script)
• ಶರೀರ (Kannada script)
• ຨຣີຣ (Lao script)
• ശരീര (Malayalam script)
• 𑘫𑘨𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠷᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡧᠠᡵᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• ၐရီရ (Burmese script)
• 𑧋𑧈𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐬𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଶରୀର (Odia script)
• ꢯꢬꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆫𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖨𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ශරීර (Sinhalese script)
• ஶரீர (Tamil script)
• శరీర (Telugu script)
• ศรีร (Thai script)
• ཤ་རཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒩𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Noun

शरीर • (śarīra) root form, n

1. body
2. bodily frame, solid parts of the body (in plural: the bones)
3. any solid body
4. one's body i.e. one's own person
5. bodily strength
6. corpse, dead body

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शरीर (śarīra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शरीरम् śarīram	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Vocative	शरीर śarīra	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Accusative	शरीरम् śarīram	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Instrumental	शरीरेण śarīreṇa	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरैः / शरीरेभिः¹ śarīraiḥ / śarīrebhiḥ¹
Dative	शरीराय śarīrāya	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरेभ्यः śarīrebhyaḥ
Ablative	शरीरात् śarīrāt	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरेभ्यः śarīrebhyaḥ
Genitive	शरीरस्य śarīrasya	शरीरयोः śarīrayoḥ	शरीराणाम् śarīrāṇām
Locative	शरीरे śarīre	शरीरयोः śarīrayoḥ	शरीरेषु śarīreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಶರೀರ (śarīra)
• Pali: sarīra
• → Burmese: သရီရ (sa.rira.)
• → Bengali: শরীর (śorir)
• → Chinese: 舍利 (shèlì, shělì)
• → English: śarīra
• → Gujarati: શરીર (śarīr)
• → Hindi: शरीर (śarīr)
• → Japanese: 舎利 (shari)
• → Javanese: slira
• → Marathi: शरीर (śarīr)
• → Nepali: शरीर (śarīr)
• → Old Javanese: śarīra
  • Javanese: ꦱꦫꦶꦫ (sarira), ꦯꦫꦷꦫ; ꦱꦭꦶꦫ (salira); ꦱ꧀ꦭꦶꦫ (slira)
    • → Indonesian: sarira
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬭᬷᬭ (sarira), ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷᬭ (srira)
• → Punjabi: ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr)
• → Sinhalese: ශරීරය (śarīraya)
• → Telugu: శరీరము (śarīramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शरीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057.