शेखर
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara, “crown, crest”) or Sanskrit शेखर (śekhara).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃeː.kʰəɾ/, [ʃeː.kʰɐɾ]
Noun
शेखर • (śekhar) m
Proper noun
शेखर • (śekhar) m
- a male given name from Sanskrit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शेखर śekhar |
शेखर śekhar |
| oblique | शेखर śekhar |
शेखरों śekharõ |
| vocative | शेखर śekhar |
शेखरो śekharo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “शेखर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4787
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शेखर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 954
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “शेखर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 749
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
Related to शिखर (śikhara, “peak, top”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕeː.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शेखरः (śekharaḥ) | शेखरौ (śekharau) शेखरा¹ (śekharā¹) |
शेखराः (śekharāḥ) शेखरासः¹ (śekharāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शेखरम् (śekharam) | शेखरौ (śekharau) शेखरा¹ (śekharā¹) |
शेखरान् (śekharān) |
| instrumental | शेखरेण (śekhareṇa) | शेखराभ्याम् (śekharābhyām) | शेखरैः (śekharaiḥ) शेखरेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | शेखर (śekhara) | शेखरौ (śekharau) शेखरा¹ (śekharā¹) |
शेखराः (śekharāḥ) शेखरासः¹ (śekharāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शेखर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088, column 2.