शिशु

See also: शिशी, शीशा, शश, शीशी, and शीश-

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃuː/

Noun

शिशु • (śiśu) m

  1. child, baby, infant

Declension

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Synonyms

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬰᬶᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
  • শিশু (Assamese script)
  • শিশু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • શિશુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦯꦶꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
  • ឝិឝុ (Khmer script)
  • ಶಿಶು (Kannada script)
  • ຨິຨຸ (Lao script)
  • ശിശു (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠢᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
  • ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
  • 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଶିଶୁ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • ශිශු (Sinhalese script)
  • ஶிஶு (Tamil script)
  • శిశు (Telugu script)
  • ศิศุ (Thai script)
  • ཤི་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śíśHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćíćHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱh₁-ú-s, a derivative of *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, to be strong”). Compare also शाव (śāva), with the same meaning and origin; perhaps the sense of "strength" later changed to mean "growth", and even later to mean the "young" (since they continue to grow to maturity).

Pronunciation

Noun

शिशु • (śíśu) stem, m

  1. a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, etc.); also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun
  2. a boy under eight years of age
  3. a lad under sixteen
  4. a pupil, scholar

Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of शिशु (śiśu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शिशुः
śiśuḥ		 शिशू
śiśū		 शिशवः
śiśavaḥ
Vocative शिशो
śiśo		 शिशू
śiśū		 शिशवः
śiśavaḥ
Accusative शिशुम्
śiśum		 शिशू
śiśū		 शिशून्
śiśūn
Instrumental शिशुना / शिश्वा¹
śiśunā / śiśvā¹		 शिशुभ्याम्
śiśubhyām		 शिशुभिः
śiśubhiḥ
Dative शिशवे / शिश्वे²
śiśave / śiśve²		 शिशुभ्याम्
śiśubhyām		 शिशुभ्यः
śiśubhyaḥ
Ablative शिशोः / शिश्वः²
śiśoḥ / śiśvaḥ²		 शिशुभ्याम्
śiśubhyām		 शिशुभ्यः
śiśubhyaḥ
Genitive शिशोः / शिश्वः²
śiśoḥ / śiśvaḥ²		 शिश्वोः
śiśvoḥ		 शिशूनाम्
śiśūnām
Locative शिशौ
śiśau		 शिश्वोः
śiśvoḥ		 शिशुषु
śiśuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Less common

Adjective

शिशु • (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

Declension

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Descendants
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  • → Bengali: শিশু (śiśu)
  • → Kannada: ಶಿಶು (śiśu)
  • → Telugu: శిశువు (śiśuvu)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “शिशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”
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