शव

See also: शिव and श्वा

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

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