शिफा

See also: शिफ़ा, शिफ, and शफ़ा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शिफ (śipha)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিফা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬨᬵ (Balinese script)
• শিফা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰣𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀨𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိဖာ (Burmese script)
• શિફા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਫਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌫𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦦꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂤𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಫಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝិផា (Khmer script)
• ຨິຜາ (Lao script)
• ശിഫാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡦᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘣𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠹᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧃𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐦𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶିଫା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢧꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆦𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖣𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශිඵා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩱𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚟𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶிப²ா (Tamil script)
• శిఫా (Telugu script)
• ศิผา (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཕཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒤𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨟𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.pʰɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕi.pʰɑː/

Noun

शिफा • (śiphā) stem, f

1. a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips)
2. a lash or stroke with a whip or rod
3. a branch
4. a river
5. a tuft of hair on the crown of the head
6. the root of a waterlily
7. spikenard
8. turmeric
9. a sort of dill or fennel

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिफा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शिफा (śiphā)	शिफे (śiphe)	शिफाः (śiphāḥ)
vocative	शिफे (śiphe)	शिफे (śiphe)	शिफाः (śiphāḥ)
accusative	शिफाम् (śiphām)	शिफे (śiphe)	शिफाः (śiphāḥ)
instrumental	शिफया (śiphayā) शिफा¹ (śiphā¹)	शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām)	शिफाभिः (śiphābhiḥ)
dative	शिफायै (śiphāyai)	शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām)	शिफाभ्यः (śiphābhyaḥ)
ablative	शिफायाः (śiphāyāḥ) शिफायै² (śiphāyai²)	शिफाभ्याम् (śiphābhyām)	शिफाभ्यः (śiphābhyaḥ)
genitive	शिफायाः (śiphāyāḥ) शिफायै² (śiphāyai²)	शिफयोः (śiphayoḥ)	शिफानाम् (śiphānām)
locative	शिफायाम् (śiphāyām)	शिफयोः (śiphayoḥ)	शिफासु (śiphāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिफा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1072.