शिशु

See also: शिशी, शीशा, शश, शीशी, and शीश-

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun

शिशु • (śiśu) m

1. child, baby, infant

Declension

Declension of शिशु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिशु śiśu	शिशु śiśu
oblique	शिशु śiśu	शिशुओं śiśuõ
vocative	शिशु śiśu	शिशुओ śiśuo

Synonyms

• बच्चा (baccā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬶᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• শিশু (Assamese script)
• শিশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• શિશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦯꦶꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• ឝិឝុ (Khmer script)
• ಶಿಶು (Kannada script)
• ຨິຨຸ (Lao script)
• ശിശു (Malayalam script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠱᢈᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଶିଶୁ (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ශිශු (Sinhalese script)
• శిశు (Telugu script)
• ศิศุ (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕí.ɕu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕu/

Noun

शिशु • (śíśu) m

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

शिशु • (śíśu)

1. young, infantine

Descendants

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

References

• 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-”