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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শিশু (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬶᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
  • শিশু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
  • શિશુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦶꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಿಶು (Kannada script)
  • ឝិឝុ (Khmer script)
  • ຨິຨຸ (Lao script)
  • ശിശു (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଶିଶୁ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • ශිශු (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩑𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
  • ஶிஶு (Tamil script)
  • శిశు (Telugu script)
  • ศิศุ (Thai script)
  • ཤི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square 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

Noun

शिशु • (śíśu) stem, 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

Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of शिशु (śíśu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शिशुः
śíśuḥ		 शिशू
śíśū		 शिशवः
śíśavaḥ
Vocative शिशो
śíśo		 शिशू
śíśū		 शिशवः
śíśavaḥ
Accusative शिशुम्
śíśum		 शिशू
śíśū		 शिशून्
śíśūn
Instrumental शिशुना / शिश्वा¹
śíśunā / śíśvā¹		 शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām		 शिशुभिः
śíśubhiḥ
Dative शिशवे / शिश्वे¹
śíśave / śíśve¹		 शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām		 शिशुभ्यः
śíśubhyaḥ
Ablative शिशोः / शिश्वः¹
śíśoḥ / śíśvaḥ¹		 शिशुभ्याम्
śíśubhyām		 शिशुभ्यः
śíśubhyaḥ
Genitive शिशोः / शिश्वः¹
śíśoḥ / śíśvaḥ¹		 शिश्वोः
śíśvoḥ		 शिशूनाम्
śíśūnām
Locative शिशौ
śíśau		 शिश्वोः
śíśvoḥ		 शिशुषु
śíśuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Adjective

शिशु • (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

Declension

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

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “शिशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”
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