शर्मा

See also: शरम, शर्म, श्रम, and श्रम्

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्मा (śarmā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾ.mɑː/, [ʃɐɾ.mäː]

Proper noun

शर्मा • (śarmā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling شرما)

1. a surname, Sharma, from Sanskrit, usually used by Brahmins

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of शर्मा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शर्मा śarmā	शर्मा śarmā
oblique	शर्मा śarmā	शर्माओं śarmāõ
vocative	शर्मा śarmā	शर्माओ śarmāo

Declension of शर्मा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शर्मा śarmā	शर्माएँ śarmāẽ
oblique	शर्मा śarmā	शर्माओं śarmāõ
vocative	शर्मा śarmā	शर्माओ śarmāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “शर्मा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4705
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शर्मा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 945

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शर्मा (śarmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕəɾ.ma/
• Hyphenation: शर्‧मा, शर्मा
• Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

शर्मा • (śarmā) m or f

1. a surname, Sharma, from Sanskrit

   रोहित शर्मा ― rohit śarmā ― Rohit Sharma

Declension

Declension of शर्मा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	शर्मा śarmā	शर्मा śarmā
oblique सामान्यरूप	शर्मा-3 śarmā-3	शर्मां-3 śarmā̃-3
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	शर्माला, शर्मास1, शर्माते2 śarmālā, śarmās1, śarmāte2	शर्मांना, शर्मांस1, शर्मांते2 śarmā̃nā, śarmā̃sa1, śarmā̃te2
ergative	शर्माने, शर्मानं śarmāne, śarmāna	शर्मांनी śarmā̃nī
instrumental	शर्माशी śarmāśī	शर्मांशी śarmā̃śī
locative सप्तमी	शर्मात śarmāt	शर्मांत śarmā̃ta
vocative संबोधन	शर्मा śarmā	शर्मांनो śarmā̃no

¹Formal, or for the addressee in the beginning of a letter, or in Nagpuri dialect.
²Archaic.
³The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition.

Genitive declension of शर्मा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	शर्माचा śarmāċā	शर्माचे śarmāċe	शर्माची śarmācī	शर्माच्या śarmācā	शर्माचे, शर्माचं śarmāċe, śarmāċa	शर्माची śarmācī	शर्माच्या1 śarmācā1
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	शर्मांचा śarmā̃ċā	शर्मांचे śarmā̃ċe	शर्मांची śarmā̃cī	शर्मांच्या śarmā̃cā	शर्मांचे, शर्मांचं śarmā̃ċe, śarmā̃ċa	शर्मांची śarmā̃cī	शर्मांच्या1 śarmā̃cā1

¹For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “शर्मा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 783
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “शर्मा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2916