शिशु

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun[edit]

शिशु (śiśum

  1. child, baby, infant

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

शिशु (śíśum

  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

Adjective[edit]

शिशु (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”