श्मशान

See also: शमशान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शमशान (śamśān)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्मशान (śmaśāná).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃmə.ʃɑːn/, [ʃmɐ.ʃä̃ːn]

Noun

श्मशान • (śmaśān) m (Urdu spelling شمشان)

1. crematorium, burning-ghat

   Synonym: मरघट (marghaṭ)

Declension

Declension of श्मशान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	श्मशान śmaśān	श्मशान śmaśān
oblique	श्मशान śmaśān	श्मशानों śmaśānõ
vocative	श्मशान śmaśān	श्मशानो śmaśāno

Derived terms

• श्मशानवासी (śmaśānvāsī)

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্মশান (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬫᬰᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• শ্মশান (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰦𑰫𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀫𑀰𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ၐ္မၐာန (Burmese script)
• શ્મશાન (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌶𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦯ꧀ꦩꦯꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂧𑂬𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ಮಶಾನ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្មឝាន (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ມຨານ (Lao script)
• ശ്മശാന (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠮᠠᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘦𑘫𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠮᠠᠱᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧆𑧋𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐩𑐱𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ମଶାନ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢪꢯꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆩𑆯𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖦𑖫𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ශ‍්මශාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩴𑩿𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚢𑚧𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஶ்மஶாந (Tamil script)
• శ్మశాన (Telugu script)
• ศฺมศาน (Thai script)
• ཤྨ་ཤཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒧𑒬𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨢𑨮𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕmɐ.ɕɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕmɐˈɕɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

श्मशान • (śmaśāná) stem, n

1. cemetery
2. a burial or burning ground
3. an oblation to deceased ancestors

Descendants

• Pali: susāna (see there for further descendants)
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀲𑀸𑀡 (masāṇa), 𑀫𑀰𑀸𑀡 (maśāṇa) — Māgadhī, 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀡 (susāṇa) — Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed terms

• → Bengali: শ্মশান (śmośan) (learned)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: श्मशान (śmaśān)
  • Urdu: شمشان
• → Malayalam: ശ്മശാനം (śmaśānaṁ)
• → Telugu: శ్మశానము (śmaśānamu)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “श्मशान”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]