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
Declension of शिशु (masc u-stem)
singular plural
direct शिशु
śiśu		 शिशु
śiśu
oblique शिशु
śiśu		 शिशुओं
śiśuõ
vocative शिशु
śiśu		 शिशुओ
śiśuo

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)
  • ᠱᢈᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡧᡳᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
  • ၐိၐု (Burmese script)
  • 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ଶିଶୁ (Oriya script)
  • ꢯꢶꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • ශිශු (Sinhalese 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) 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

Adjective

शिशु • (śíśu)

  1. young, infantine

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

References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “śíśu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 641: “*ḱi-ḱuh₁-”
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