अभिषेक

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʂeːk/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.ʃeːk]

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m (Urdu spelling اَبِھشیک)

  1. sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
  2. inauguration, consecration, investiture
    Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
  3. (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol

Declension

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Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

  1. a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

Declension

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Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə.bʱi.ʂek/

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

  1. abhisheka

Further reading

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), अभिषेक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “अभिषेक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), अभिषेक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌbisek]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek)

  1. Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m

  1. Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

Further reading

  • अभिषेक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From अभि- (abhi-) + सेक (séka).

Pronunciation

Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣeká) stem, m

  1. anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water); inauguration of a king, royal unction
  2. the water or liquid used at an inauguration
  3. (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol)

Declension

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Descendants

Borrowed terms

  • Bengali: অভিষেক (obhiśek)
  • English: abhisheka
  • Hindustani: abhiṣek
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    Urdu: اَبِھشیک (abhiśek)
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  • Nepali: अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
  • Old Khmer: ʼabhiṣeka, ʼabbhiseka
  • Tamil: அபிஷேகம் (apiṣēkam)

Further reading

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