शोध

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शोध (śodha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃoːd̪ʱ/

Noun

शोध • (śodh) m

1. investigation, probing; research

   जासूस दो दिन से शोध कर रहा है।

   jāsūs do din se śodh kar rahā hai.

   The spy has been investigating for two days.

2. purifying

Declension

Declension of शोध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शोध śodh	शोध śodh
oblique	शोध śodh	शोधों śodhõ
vocative	शोध śodh	शोधो śodho

Derived terms

• प्रतिशोध (pratiśodh)
• शोध करना (śodh karnā)

Marathi

Etymology

From शोधणे (śodhṇe, “to search”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕod̪ʱ/

Noun

शोध • (śodh) m

1. search, discovery, invention

Declension

Declension of शोध (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	शोध śodh
direct plural	शोध śodh
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	शोध śodh		शोध śodh
oblique सामान्यरूप	शोधा śodhā		शोधां- śodhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	शोधाला śodhālā		शोधांना śodhānnā
ergative	शोधाने, शोधानं śodhāne, śodhāna		शोधांनी śodhānnī
instrumental	शोधाशी śodhāśī		शोधांशी śodhānśī
locative सप्तमी	शोधात śodhāt		शोधांत śodhāt
vocative संबोधन	शोधा śodhā		शोधांनो śodhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शोध (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	शोधाचा śodhāċā	शोधाचे śodhāċe	शोधाची śodhācī	शोधाच्या śodhācā	शोधाचे, शोधाचं śodhāċe, śodhāċa	शोधाची śodhācī	शोधाच्या śodhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	शोधांचा śodhānċā	शोधांचे śodhānċe	शोधांची śodhāñcī	शोधांच्या śodhāncā	शोधांचे, शोधांचं śodhānċe, śodhānċa	शोधांची śodhāñcī	शोधांच्या śodhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• शोध लावणे (śodh lāvṇe, “to invent, discover”)

Verb

शोध • (śodh)

1. imperative of शोधणे (śodhṇe)

See also

• तपास (tapās)
• तपासणी (tapāsṇī, “inspection”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शोध”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Sanskrit

A vṛddhi derivative of शुध् (śudh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐw.dʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕoː.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

• शोध • (śodha) stem, m

1. correction, rectification
2. purification, cleansing
3. consciousness, understanding
4. retaliation, requital

Descendants

• Old Marathi: सूड (sūḍa)
  • Marathi: सूड (sūḍ)
• → Hindi: शोध (śodh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शोध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1091.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śōdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 732