शेखर
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শেখৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬾᬔᬭ (Balinese script)
- শেখর (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰸𑰏𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁂𑀔𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ၐေခရ (Burmese script)
- શેખર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੇਖਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍇𑌖𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦺꦑꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂵𑂎𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೇಖರ (Kannada script)
- ឝេខរ (Khmer script)
- ເຨຂຣ (Lao script)
- ശേഖര (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡝᡘᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘹𑘏𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠧᠻᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧚𑦯𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐾𑐏𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶେଖର (Odia script)
- ꢯꢾꢓꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆼𑆒𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖸𑖏𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශෙඛර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩔𑩝𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚲𑚋𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஶேக²ர (Tamil script)
- శేఖర (Telugu script)
- เศขร (Thai script)
- ཤེ་ཁ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒹𑒐𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨄𑨌𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Related to शिखर (śikhara, “peak, top”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈɕeː.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
[edit]शेखर • (śekhara) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)
- the top or crown of the head
- a chaplet or wreath of flowers worn on the top of the head, crown, diadem, crest
- a peak, summit, crest (of a mountain)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of शेखर (śekhara) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शेखरः śekharaḥ |
शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹ |
शेखराः / शेखरासः¹ śekharāḥ / śekharāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शेखर śekhara |
शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹ |
शेखराः / शेखरासः¹ śekharāḥ / śekharāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शेखरम् śekharam |
शेखरौ / शेखरा¹ śekharau / śekharā¹ |
शेखरान् śekharān |
| Instrumental | शेखरेण śekhareṇa |
शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām |
शेखरैः / शेखरेभिः¹ śekharaiḥ / śekharebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शेखराय śekharāya |
शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām |
शेखरेभ्यः śekharebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शेखरात् śekharāt |
शेखराभ्याम् śekharābhyām |
शेखरेभ्यः śekharebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शेखरस्य śekharasya |
शेखरयोः śekharayoḥ |
शेखराणाम् śekharāṇām |
| Locative | शेखरे śekhare |
शेखरयोः śekharayoḥ |
शेखरेषु śekhareṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Pali: sekhara
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “शेखर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088, column 2.