शीर्षन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শীৰ্ষন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬷᬃᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শীর্ষন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰱𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀻𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐီရ္ၑန် (Burmese script)
- શીર્ષન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੀਰ੍ਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦷꦂꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂲𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೀರ್ಷೝ (Kannada script)
- ឝីឞ៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨີຣ຺ຩນ຺ (Lao script)
- ശീര്ഷന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡳᡵᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘲𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠢᠷᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧓𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐷𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶୀର୍ଷନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢷꢬ꣄ꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆵𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖱𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශීර්ෂන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚯𑚤𑚶𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶீர்ஷந் (Tamil script)
- శీర్షౝ (Telugu script)
- ศีรฺษนฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཱི་རྵ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒲𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hsá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hšá, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂-sō, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára), Old English hærn (whence English harns). Collateral of Sanskrit शीर्ष (śīrṣá).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕiːɾ.ʂɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕiːɾ.ʂɐn̪/
Noun
शी॒र्षन् • (śīrṣán) stem, n (Vedic)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शी॒र्ष (śīrṣá) | शी॒र्ष्णी (śīrṣṇī́) शी॒र्षणी॑ (śīrṣáṇī) |
शी॒र्षाणि॑ (śīrṣā́ṇi) शी॒र्ष¹ (śīrṣá¹) शी॒र्षा¹ (śīrṣā́¹) |
| accusative | शी॒र्ष (śīrṣá) | शी॒र्ष्णी (śīrṣṇī́) शी॒र्षणी॑ (śīrṣáṇī) |
शी॒र्षाणि॑ (śīrṣā́ṇi) शी॒र्ष¹ (śīrṣá¹) शी॒र्षा¹ (śīrṣā́¹) |
| instrumental | शी॒र्ष्णा (śīrṣṇā́) | शी॒र्षभ्या॑म् (śīrṣábhyām) | शी॒र्षभिः॑ (śīrṣábhiḥ) |
| dative | शी॒र्ष्णे (śīrṣṇé) | शी॒र्षभ्या॑म् (śīrṣábhyām) | शी॒र्षभ्यः॑ (śīrṣábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शी॒र्ष्णः (śīrṣṇáḥ) | शी॒र्षभ्या॑म् (śīrṣábhyām) | शी॒र्षभ्यः॑ (śīrṣábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शी॒र्ष्णः (śīrṣṇáḥ) | शी॒र्ष्णोः (śīrṣṇóḥ) | शी॒र्ष्णाम् (śīrṣṇā́m) |
| locative | शी॒र्ष्णि (śīrṣṇí) शी॒र्षणि॑ (śīrṣáṇi) शी॒र्षन्¹ (śīrṣán¹) |
शी॒र्ष्णोः (śīrṣṇóḥ) | शी॒र्षसु॑ (śīrṣásu) |
| vocative | शीर्ष॑न् (śī́rṣan) शीर्ष॑ (śī́rṣa) |
शीर्ष्णी॑ (śī́rṣṇī) शीर्ष॑णी (śī́rṣaṇī) |
शीर्षा॑णि (śī́rṣāṇi) शीर्ष॑¹ (śī́rṣa¹) शीर्षा॑¹ (śī́rṣā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शीर्षन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1079.