शृङ्ग
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শৃঙ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
- শৃঙ্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ၐၖင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- શૃઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೃಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្ឫង្គ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- ശൃങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଶୃଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- ශෘඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரிங்க³ (Tamil script)
- శృఙ్గ (Telugu script)
- ศฺฤงฺค (Thai script)
- ཤྲྀ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]शृङ्ग • (śṛ́ṅga) stem, n
- the horn of an animal
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:
- च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥- catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa. - Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number.
Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.
- catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
- च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
- the tusk of an elephant
- the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
- the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
- any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
- a cusp or horn of the moon
- highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything
Declension
[edit]Neuter a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शृङ्गम् śṛ́ṅgam |
शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹ |
Vocative | शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga |
शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹ |
Accusative | शृङ्गम् śṛ́ṅgam |
शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹ |
Instrumental | शृङ्गेण śṛ́ṅgeṇa |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛ́ṅgaiḥ / śṛ́ṅgebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शृङ्गाय śṛ́ṅgāya |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शृङ्गात् śṛ́ṅgāt |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शृङ्गस्य śṛ́ṅgasya |
शृङ्गयोः śṛ́ṅgayoḥ |
शृङ्गाणाम् śṛ́ṅgāṇām |
Locative | शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge |
शृङ्गयोः śṛ́ṅgayoḥ |
शृङ्गेषु śṛ́ṅgeṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Pali: siṅga
- Ashokan Prakrit:
- → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śṛṅga)
- → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
- Thai: ศฤงค์
- → Hindi: शृंग (śŕṅg) (learned)
Noun
[edit]शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) stem, m
- a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
- name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain)
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛṅga) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शृङ्गः śṛṅgaḥ |
शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹ |
शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛṅgāḥ / śṛṅgāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | शृङ्ग śṛṅga |
शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹ |
शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛṅgāḥ / śṛṅgāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | शृङ्गम् śṛṅgam |
शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹ |
शृङ्गान् śṛṅgān |
Instrumental | शृङ्गेण śṛṅgeṇa |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛṅgaiḥ / śṛṅgebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शृङ्गाय śṛṅgāya |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शृङ्गात् śṛṅgāt |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शृङ्गस्य śṛṅgasya |
शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgayoḥ |
शृङ्गाणाम् śṛṅgāṇām |
Locative | शृङ्गे śṛṅge |
शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgayoḥ |
शृङ्गेषु śṛṅgeṣu |
Notes |
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References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
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- Sanskrit neuter nouns
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