शव

See also: शिव and श्वा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शव (śava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəʋ/, [ʃɐʋ]

Noun

शव • (śav) m (Urdu spelling شو)

1. corpse, dead body

   मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले। ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.

   नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया। ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.

Declension

Declension of शव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शव śav	शव śav
oblique	शव śav	शवों śavõ
vocative	शव śav	शवो śavo

Synonyms

• लाश (lāś)

Derived terms

• शवदाह (śavdāh, “cremation”)
• शवस्थान (śavsthān, “crematorium”)
• शवपरीक्षा (śavprīkṣā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
• शवशाला (śavśālā, “mortuary”)
• शवसंस्कार (śavsanskār, “funeral rites”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬯ (Balinese script)
• শব (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ၐဝ (Burmese script)
• શવ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಶವ (Kannada script)
• ឝវ (Khmer script)
• ຨວ (Lao script)
• ശവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଶଵ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ශව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஶவ (Tamil script)
• శవ (Telugu script)
• ศว (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

There are two etymological theories:

• Traditionally thought to be derived from the root शू (śū, “to swell”), based on the bloating of decaying corpses.
• Derived from Proto-Dravidian *caH-, compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu, “death”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

शव • (śáva) stem, m or n

1. corpse

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शवः (śávaḥ)	शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹)	शवाः (śávāḥ) शवासः¹ (śávāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शवम् (śávam)	शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹)	शवान् (śávān)
instrumental	शवेन (śávena)	शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām)	शवैः (śávaiḥ) शवेभिः¹ (śávebhiḥ¹)
dative	शवाय (śávāya)	शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām)	शवेभ्यः (śávebhyaḥ)
ablative	शवात् (śávāt)	शवाभ्याम् (śávābhyām)	शवेभ्यः (śávebhyaḥ)
genitive	शवस्य (śávasya)	शवयोः (śávayoḥ)	शवानाम् (śávānām)
locative	शवे (śáve)	शवयोः (śávayoḥ)	शवेषु (śáveṣu)
vocative	शव (śáva)	शवौ (śávau) शवा¹ (śávā¹)	शवाः (śávāḥ) शवासः¹ (śávāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of शव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शवम् (śavam)	शवे (śave)	शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹)
accusative	शवम् (śavam)	शवे (śave)	शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹)
instrumental	शवेन (śavena)	शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām)	शवैः (śavaiḥ) शवेभिः¹ (śavebhiḥ¹)
dative	शवाय (śavāya)	शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām)	शवेभ्यः (śavebhyaḥ)
ablative	शवात् (śavāt)	शवाभ्याम् (śavābhyām)	शवेभ्यः (śavebhyaḥ)
genitive	शवस्य (śavasya)	शवयोः (śavayoḥ)	शवानाम् (śavānām)
locative	शवे (śave)	शवयोः (śavayoḥ)	शवेषु (śaveṣu)
vocative	शव (śava)	शवे (śave)	शवानि (śavāni) शवा¹ (śavā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: sava
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯 (chava)
  • Sinhalese: සවය (sawaya), සැවය (sæwaya)
• Assamese: শ (xo)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: सौ (sau)
  • Urdu: سَوْ (sav)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਵਾ (sivā)

  Shahmukhi script: سِوا (sivā)

• → Bengali: শব (śobo)
• → Kannada: ಶವ (śava)
• → Malayalam: ശവം (śavaṁ)
• → Marathi: शव (śav)
• → Tamil: சவம் (cavam)
• → Telugu: శవము (śavamu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press