शंकर

Konkani

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शंकर (śaṃkara).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃəŋ.kəːɾ/

Proper noun

शंकर • (śaṅkar) (Latin script Xencor, Kannada script ಶಂಕರ್)

  1. (Hinduism) Shiva
    Synonym: महादेव (mahādev)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শংকৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬂᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
  • শংকর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰽𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀁𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐံကရ (Burmese script)
  • શંકર (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਂਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌂𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦁꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂁𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಂಕರ (Kannada script)
  • ឝំករ (Khmer script)
  • ຨໍກຣ (Lao script)
  • ശംകര (Malayalam script)
  • ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘽𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧞𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑑄𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ଶଂକର (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢀꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆁𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖽𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ශංකර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑪖𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚫𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
  • ஶஂகர (Tamil script)
  • శంకర (Telugu script)
  • ศํกร (Thai script)
  • ཤཾ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑓀𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨸𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of शम् (śam, “auspiciously, fortunately”) +‎ कर (kara, “doer”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

शंकर • (śaṃkará) stem, m

  1. the "maker of happiness"; an epithet of Rudra, a manifestation of Shiva
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.8.10:
      नमः॑ शंक॒राय॑ च मयस्क॒राय॑ च॒ नमः॑ शि॒वाय॑ च शि॒वत॑राय च॒
      námaḥ śaṃkarā́ya ca mayaskarā́ya ca námaḥ śivā́ya ca śivátarāya ca
      Homage to the maker of happiness, and to the maker of delight. Homage to the auspicious, and to the more auspicious.

Adjective

शंकर • (śaṃkará)

  1. causing prosperity, auspicious, beneficent.

Descendants

References
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