शंख

See also: शिखा, and शाखा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

Noun

शंख • (śaṅkh) m (Urdu spelling سنکھ)

1. a conch (a gastropod of the family Strombidae)
2. a conch shell

Declension

Declension of शंख (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शंख śaṅkh	शंख śaṅkh
oblique	शंख śaṅkh	शंखों śaṅkhõ
vocative	शंख śaṅkh	शंखो śaṅkho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शंख”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press