श्यामा
See also: श्याम
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শ্যামা (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬬᬵᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
- শ্যামা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐျာမာ (Burmese script)
- શ્યામા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦾꦴꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ಯಾಮಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្យាមា (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຍາມາ (Lao script)
- ശ്യാമാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ଯାମା (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢫꢵꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශ්යාමා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶ்யாமா (Tamil script)
- శ్యామా (Telugu script)
- ศฺยามา (Thai script)
- ཤྱཱ་མཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Related to श्याम (śyāma).
Noun
[edit]श्यामा • (śyāmā) stem, f
- night, particularly a dark night
- shade, shadow
- dark woman
- a woman who has borne no children
- cow
- turmeric
- the female cuckoo
- the Priyaṅgu creeper
- name of several plants, particularly the indigo plant
- seed of the lotus
- epithet of Mata Durga
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem declension of श्यामा | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | श्यामा (śyāmā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | श्यामायाः (śyāmāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्यामा (śyāmā) | श्यामे (śyāme) | श्यामाः (śyāmāḥ) |
| Vocative | श्यामे (śyāme) | श्यामे (śyāme) | श्यामाः (śyāmāḥ) |
| Accusative | श्यामाम् (śyāmām) | श्यामे (śyāme) | श्यामाः (śyāmāḥ) |
| Instrumental | श्यामया (śyāmayā) | श्यामाभ्याम् (śyāmābhyām) | श्यामाभिः (śyāmābhiḥ) |
| Dative | श्यामायै (śyāmāyai) | श्यामाभ्याम् (śyāmābhyām) | श्यामाभ्यः (śyāmābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | श्यामायाः (śyāmāyāḥ) | श्यामाभ्याम् (śyāmābhyām) | श्यामाभ्यः (śyāmābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | श्यामायाः (śyāmāyāḥ) | श्यामयोः (śyāmayoḥ) | श्यामानाम् (śyāmānām) |
| Locative | श्यामायाम् (śyāmāyām) | श्यामयोः (śyāmayoḥ) | श्यामासु (śyāmāsu) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “श्यामा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1094/3.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “श्यामा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan