शिष्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिष्य (śiṣya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪʂ.jᵊ/, [ʃɪʃ.jᵊ]

Noun

शिष्य • (śiṣya) m (female equivalent शिष्या, Urdu spelling ششیہ)

1. disciple, student

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:छात्र

Declension

Declension of शिष्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिष्य śiṣya	शिष्य śiṣya
oblique	शिष्य śiṣya	शिष्यों śiṣyõ
vocative	शिष्य śiṣya	शिष्यो śiṣyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “शिष्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4759
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शिष्य”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 745
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शिष्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 951
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शिष्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 615.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিষ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬱ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• শিষ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိၑျ (Burmese script)
• શિષ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦰꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಷ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឝិឞ្យ (Khmer script)
• ຨິຩ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ശിഷ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᢢᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᢔᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧌𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଶିଷ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢰ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ශිෂ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஶிஷ்ய (Tamil script)
• శిష్య (Telugu script)
• ศิษฺย (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཥྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit शास् (śās).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiʂ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕiʂ.jɐ/

Noun

शिष्य • (śiṣya) stem, m

1. student, pupil, disciple, scholar
2. passion, anger
3. violence

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शिष्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शिष्यः (śiṣyaḥ)	शिष्यौ (śiṣyau) शिष्या¹ (śiṣyā¹)	शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ) शिष्यासः¹ (śiṣyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शिष्यम् (śiṣyam)	शिष्यौ (śiṣyau) शिष्या¹ (śiṣyā¹)	शिष्यान् (śiṣyān)
instrumental	शिष्येण (śiṣyeṇa)	शिष्याभ्याम् (śiṣyābhyām)	शिष्यैः (śiṣyaiḥ) शिष्येभिः¹ (śiṣyebhiḥ¹)
dative	शिष्याय (śiṣyāya)	शिष्याभ्याम् (śiṣyābhyām)	शिष्येभ्यः (śiṣyebhyaḥ)
ablative	शिष्यात् (śiṣyāt)	शिष्याभ्याम् (śiṣyābhyām)	शिष्येभ्यः (śiṣyebhyaḥ)
genitive	शिष्यस्य (śiṣyasya)	शिष्ययोः (śiṣyayoḥ) शिष्योः¹ (śiṣyoḥ¹)	शिष्याणाम् (śiṣyāṇām)
locative	शिष्ये (śiṣye)	शिष्ययोः (śiṣyayoḥ) शिष्योः¹ (śiṣyoḥ¹)	शिष्येषु (śiṣyeṣu)
vocative	शिष्य (śiṣya)	शिष्यौ (śiṣyau) शिष्या¹ (śiṣyā¹)	शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ) शिष्यासः¹ (śiṣyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: sissa
  • → Khmer: សិស្ស (səh)
• Sinhalese: ශිෂ්‍යයා (śiṣyayā)
• → Malay: siswa
  • > Indonesian: siswa (inherited)
  • → Javanese: ꦱꦶꦱ꧀ꦮ (siswa).
• → Old Javanese: śiṣya
  • Javanese: ꦱꦶꦱꦾ (sisya)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬶᬱ᭄ᬬ (sisia), ᬲᬶᬲ᭄ᬬ (sisia)
• → Tamil: சிஷ்யன் (ciṣyaṉ), சீடன் (cīṭaṉ), சீஷன் (cīṣaṉ)
• → Telugu: శిష్యుడు (śiṣyuḍu)
• → Thai: ศิษย์ (sìt)