शव

See also: शिव and श्वा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शव (śava).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃəʋ/, [ʃɐʋ]

Noun

शव • (śav) m (Urdu spelling شو)

  1. corpse, dead body
    मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले। ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.
    नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया। ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.

Declension
Declension of शव (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शव
śav		 शव
śav
oblique शव
śav		 शवों
śavõ
vocative शव
śav		 शवो
śavo

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • शवदाह (śavdāh, “cremation”)
  • शवस्थान (śavsthān, “crematorium”)
  • शवपरीक्षा (śavprīkṣā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
  • शवशाला (śavśālā, “mortuary”)
  • शवसंस्कार (śavsanskār, “funeral rites”)

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শৱ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬯ (Balinese script)
  • শব (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐဝ (Burmese script)
  • શવ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌵 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦮ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂫 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶವ (Kannada script)
  • ឝវ (Khmer script)
  • ຨວ (Lao script)
  • ശവ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘪 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐰 (Newa script)
  • ଶଵ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢮ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆮 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖪 (Siddham script)
  • ශව (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩾 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚦 (Takri script)
  • ஶவ (Tamil script)
  • శవ (Telugu script)
  • ศว (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu).

Pronunciation

Noun

शव • (śava) stem, ?

  1. corpse

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शव”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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