शावक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शावक (śāvaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɑː.ʋək/, [ʃäː.ʋɐk]

Noun

शावक • (śāvak) m (Urdu spelling شاوك)

1. young (of an animal)

Declension

Declension of शावक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शावक śāvak	शावक śāvak
oblique	शावक śāvak	शावकों śāvakõ
vocative	शावक śāvak	शावको śāvako

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शावक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “शावक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শাৱক (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
• শাবক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာဝက (Burmese script)
• શાવક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾವಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝាវក (Khmer script)
• ຨາວກ (Lao script)
• ശാവക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶାଵକ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශාවක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶாவக (Tamil script)
• శావక (Telugu script)
• ศาวก (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शाव (śāva) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/

Noun

शावक • (śāvaka) stem, m

1. the young one of an animal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शावक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शावकः (śāvakaḥ)	शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹)	शावकाः (śāvakāḥ) शावकासः¹ (śāvakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	शावक (śāvaka)	शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹)	शावकाः (śāvakāḥ) शावकासः¹ (śāvakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	शावकम् (śāvakam)	शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹)	शावकान् (śāvakān)
instrumental	शावकेन (śāvakena)	शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām)	शावकैः (śāvakaiḥ) शावकेभिः¹ (śāvakebhiḥ¹)
dative	शावकाय (śāvakāya)	शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām)	शावकेभ्यः (śāvakebhyaḥ)
ablative	शावकात् (śāvakāt)	शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām)	शावकेभ्यः (śāvakebhyaḥ)
genitive	शावकस्य (śāvakasya)	शावकयोः (śāvakayoḥ)	शावकानाम् (śāvakānām)
locative	शावके (śāvake)	शावकयोः (śāvakayoḥ)	शावकेषु (śāvakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘔𑘰𑘪𑘰 (chāvā)
    • Marathi: छावा (chāvā)
• → Hindi: शावक (śāvak) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शावक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068.