शिशिर

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.ʃɪɾ/

Noun

शिशिर • (śiśir) m

frost; dew
the winter season
Synonyms: सर्दी (sardī), जाड़ा (jāṛā)

Further reading

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

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sisir]

Phonetic Devanagari: सिसिर्

Noun

शिशिर • (śiśir)

the winter season

Synonyms

(season): हिउँद [hiũd]
जाडो [jāḍo]

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬰᬶᬰᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
শিশিৰ (Assamese script)
শিশির (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
શિશિર (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦯꦶꦯꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
ឝិឝិរ (Khmer script)
ಶಿಶಿರ (Kannada script)
ຨິຨິຣ (Lao script)
ശിശിര (Malayalam script)
𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠱᢈᠱᢈᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᡧᡳᡧᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
ၐိၐိရ (Burmese script)
𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
ଶିଶିର (Oriya script)
ꢯꢶꢯꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
ශිශිර (Sinhalese script)
శిశిర (Telugu script)
ศิศิร (Thai script)
ཤི་ཤི་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“warm, cold”). Cognate with Old Armenian սառն (saṙn).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕí.ɕi.ɾɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕi.ɾɐ/

Adjective

शिशिर • (śiśira)

cool, chilly, cold, frigid, freezing

Noun

शिशिर • (śiśira) m or n

cold, coolness, hoarfrost, dew

Noun

शिशिर • (śiśira) m

the cool or dewy season (comprising two months, माघ and फाल्गुन, or from about the middle of January to that of March)
name of the seventh month of the year

Descendants

Pali: sisira
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sisira)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: sisir
      - Hindi: सिसिर
      - Urdu: سِسِر‎
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bihari:
      - Maithili: सिसिर (sisir)
- Southern:
  - Helu:
    - Dhivehi: ހިހޫ‎ (hihū)
    - Sinhalese: සිසිල් (sisil)
- Western:
  - Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    - Old Gujarati: सिसर (sisara)

Borrowed terms

→ Hindustani: śiśir
- Hindi: शिशिर
- Urdu: شیشِر‎
→ Nepali: शिशिर (śiśir) (learned)
→ Sinhalese: සිසිර (sisira) (learned)
→ Telugu: శిశిరము (śiśiramu)

References

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 1076
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sisira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 722

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