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शिशु

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun

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शिशु (śiśum

  1. child, baby, infant

Declension

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Declension of शिशु (masc u-stem)
singular plural
direct शिशु
śiśu
शिशु
śiśu
oblique शिशु
śiśu
शिशुओं
śiśuõ
vocative शिशु
śiśu
शिशुओ
śiśuo

Synonyms

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śíśHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćíćHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱh₁-ú-s, a derivative of *ḱewh₁- (to swell, to be strong). Compare also शाव (śāva), with the same meaning and origin; perhaps the sense of "strength" later changed to mean "growth", and even later to mean the "young" (since they continue to grow to maturity).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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शिशु (śíśu) stemm (root शू)

  1. a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun
  2. a boy under eight years of age
  3. a lad under sixteen
  4. a pupil, scholar

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of शिशु
singular dual plural
nominative शिशुः (śíśuḥ) शिशू (śíśū) शिशवः (śíśavaḥ)
accusative शिशुम् (śíśum) शिशू (śíśū) शिशून् (śíśūn)
instrumental शिशुना (śíśunā)
शिश्वा¹ (śíśvā¹)
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) शिशुभिः (śíśubhiḥ)
dative शिशवे (śíśave)
शिश्वे¹ (śíśve¹)
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) शिशुभ्यः (śíśubhyaḥ)
ablative शिशोः (śíśoḥ)
शिश्वः¹ (śíśvaḥ¹)
शिशुभ्याम् (śíśubhyām) शिशुभ्यः (śíśubhyaḥ)
genitive शिशोः (śíśoḥ)
शिश्वः¹ (śíśvaḥ¹)
शिश्वोः (śíśvoḥ) शिशूनाम् (śíśūnām)
locative शिशौ (śíśau) शिश्वोः (śíśvoḥ) शिशुषु (śíśuṣu)
vocative शिशो (śíśo) शिशू (śíśū) शिशवः (śíśavaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Hindi: शिशु (śiśu)
  • Bengali: শিশু (śiśu)
  • Kannada: ಶಿಶು (śiśu)
  • Telugu: శిశువు (śiśuvu)

Adjective

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शिशु (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

Declension

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “शिशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641:*ḱi-ḱuh₁-