अभिषेक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʂeːk/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.ʃeːk]

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m (Urdu spelling اَبِھشیک)

1. sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
2. inauguration, consecration, investiture

   Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)

3. (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol

Declension

Declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेक abhiṣek
oblique	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेकों abhiṣekõ
vocative	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेको abhiṣeko

Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

1. a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेक abhiṣek
oblique	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेकों abhiṣekõ
vocative	अभिषेक abhiṣek	अभिषेको abhiṣeko

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभिषेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभिषेक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱi.ʂek/

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

1. abhisheka

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Berntsen, Maxine, “अभिषेक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अभिषेक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌbisek]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek)

1. Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

1. Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

Further reading

• “अभिषेक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অভিষেক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬪᬶᬱᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
• অভিষেক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰥𑰰𑰬𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀱𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အဘိၑေက (Burmese script)
• અભિષેક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਭਿਸ਼ੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦨꦶꦰꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂦𑂱𑂭𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (Kannada script)
• អភិឞេក (Khmer script)
• ອຠິເຩກ (Lao script)
• അഭിഷേക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢨᡳᢢᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘥𑘱𑘬𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠪᠾᠢᢔᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧅𑧒𑧌𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐨𑐶𑐲𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅଭିଷେକ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢩꢶꢰꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆨𑆴𑆰𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖥𑖰𑖬𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අභිෂෙක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑪀𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚡𑚮𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
• அபி⁴ஷேக (Tamil script)
• అభిషేక (Telugu script)
• อภิเษก (Thai script)
• ཨ་བྷི་ཥེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒦𑒱𑒭𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨯𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अभि- (abhi-) +‎ सेक (séka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱi.ʂɐj.kɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱiˈʂeː.kɐ/

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣeká) stem, m

1. anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water); inauguration of a king, royal unction
2. the water or liquid used at an inauguration
3. (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभिषेकः abhiṣekáḥ	अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ abhiṣekaú / abhiṣekā́¹	अभिषेकाः / अभिषेकासः¹ abhiṣekā́ḥ / abhiṣekā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अभिषेक ábhiṣeka	अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ ábhiṣekau / ábhiṣekā¹	अभिषेकाः / अभिषेकासः¹ ábhiṣekāḥ / ábhiṣekāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अभिषेकम् abhiṣekám	अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ abhiṣekaú / abhiṣekā́¹	अभिषेकान् abhiṣekā́n
Instrumental	अभिषेकेण abhiṣekéṇa	अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām	अभिषेकैः / अभिषेकेभिः¹ abhiṣekaíḥ / abhiṣekébhiḥ¹
Dative	अभिषेकाय abhiṣekā́ya	अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām	अभिषेकेभ्यः abhiṣekébhyaḥ
Ablative	अभिषेकात् abhiṣekā́t	अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām	अभिषेकेभ्यः abhiṣekébhyaḥ
Genitive	अभिषेकस्य abhiṣekásya	अभिषेकयोः abhiṣekáyoḥ	अभिषेकाणाम् abhiṣekā́ṇām
Locative	अभिषेके abhiṣeké	अभिषेकयोः abhiṣekáyoḥ	अभिषेकेषु abhiṣekéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: abhiseka
  • → Burmese: ဘိသိက် (bhi.sik) (learned)
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀅 (abhisea)

Borrowed terms

• Bengali: অভিষেক (obhiśek)
• English: abhisheka
• Hindustani: abhiṣek

  Hindi: अभिषेक

  Urdu: اَبِھشیک (abhiśek)

• Marathi: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
• Nepali: अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
• Old Khmer: ʼabhiṣeka, ʼabbhiseka
  • → Thai: อภิเษก (à-pí-sèek)
• Tamil: அபிஷேகம் (apiṣēkam)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “Abhi-sheká”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 71, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभिषेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhiṣēká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press