शिल्प

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिल्प (śilpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪlp/

Noun

शिल्प • (śilp) m

1. craft, skill, art

   Synonyms: हस्तकला (hastaklā), दस्तकारी (dastakārī)

Declension

Declension of शिल्प (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिल्प śilp	शिल्प śilp
oblique	शिल्प śilp	शिल्पों śilpõ
vocative	शिल्प śilp	शिल्पो śilpo

Derived terms

• शिल्पकार (śilpakār)
• शिल्पकारी (śilpakārī)
• शिल्पगृह (śilpagŕh)
• शिल्पविज्ञान (śilpavijñān)
• शिल्पविद्या (śilpavidyā)
• शिल्पविद्यालय (śilpavidyālay)
• शिल्पशाला (śilpaśālā)
• शिल्पशास्त्र (śilpaśāstra)

 

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিল্প (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬮ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• শিল্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰩𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိလ္ပ (Burmese script)
• શિલ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਲ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌲𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦭ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂪𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಲ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• ឝិល្ប (Khmer script)
• ຨິລ຺ປ (Lao script)
• ശില്പ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᠯᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘩𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠯᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧉𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐮𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଶିଲ୍ପ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢭ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆬𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖩𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ශිල‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩽 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚥𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஶில்ப (Tamil script)
• శిల్ప (Telugu script)
• ศิลฺป (Thai script)
• ཤི་ལྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒪𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨬𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely from a metathesis of unattested *पिश्ल (piśla), from पेश् (peś), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to mark, paint”); compare पिंशति (piṃśati, “to adorn; to mould, carve out, grind”) and Proto-Slavic *pь̀strъ (“variegated”), as well as Ancient Greek πρικός (prikós) and πῐκρός (pikrós, “sharp, pointed”), the former being a metathesis of the latter.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕil.pɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕil̪.pɐ/

Noun

शिल्प • (śilpá) stem, n

1. the art of variegation; variegated or diversified appearance; decoration; ornament
2. craft, skill, art

   Synonyms: हस्तकला (hastakalā), दस्तकारी (dastakārī)

3. ingenuity; contrivance
4. ceremony; rites
5. form; shape

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शिल्प (śilpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिल्पम् śilpam	शिल्पे śilpe	शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹ śilpāni / śilpā¹
Vocative	शिल्प śilpa	शिल्पे śilpe	शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹ śilpāni / śilpā¹
Accusative	शिल्पम् śilpam	शिल्पे śilpe	शिल्पानि / शिल्पा¹ śilpāni / śilpā¹
Instrumental	शिल्पेन śilpena	शिल्पाभ्याम् śilpābhyām	शिल्पैः / शिल्पेभिः¹ śilpaiḥ / śilpebhiḥ¹
Dative	शिल्पाय śilpāya	शिल्पाभ्याम् śilpābhyām	शिल्पेभ्यः śilpebhyaḥ
Ablative	शिल्पात् śilpāt	शिल्पाभ्याम् śilpābhyām	शिल्पेभ्यः śilpebhyaḥ
Genitive	शिल्पस्य śilpasya	शिल्पयोः śilpayoḥ	शिल्पानाम् śilpānām
Locative	शिल्पे śilpe	शिल्पयोः śilpayoḥ	शिल्पेषु śilpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: sippa
  • → Khmer: សិប្ប (səppaʼ)
  • → Burmese: သိပ္ပံ (sippam)
  • → Thai: สิปปะ
• → Hindi: शिल्प (śilp)
• → Kannada: ಶಿಲ್ಪ (śilpa)
• → Malayalam: ശില്പം (śilpaṁ)
• Pali: sippa
• → Tamil: சிற்பம் (ciṟpam)
• → Telugu: శిల్పం (śilpaṁ)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिल्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1073, column 3.