शशक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शशक (śaśaka).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ʃək/, [ʃɐ.ʃɐk]

Noun

शशक • (śaśak) m (Urdu spelling ششک)

  1. rabbit
  2. hare

Declension
Declension of शशक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शशक
śaśak		 शशक
śaśak
oblique शशक
śaśak		 शशकों
śaśakõ
vocative शशक
śaśak		 शशको
śaśako

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শশক (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬰᬓ (Balinese script)
  • শশক (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰫𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀰𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐၐက (Burmese script)
  • શશક (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌶𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦯꦏ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂬𑂍 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಶಕ (Kannada script)
  • ឝឝក (Khmer script)
  • ຨຨກ (Lao script)
  • ശശക (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᡧᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘫𑘎 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᠱᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑧋𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐱𑐎 (Newa script)
  • ଶଶକ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢯꢒ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆯𑆑 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖫𑖎 (Siddham script)
  • ශශක (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩿𑩜 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚧𑚊 (Takri script)
  • ஶஶக (Tamil script)
  • శశక (Telugu script)
  • ศศก (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ཤ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒬𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨮𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From शश (śaśa, “hare”) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

शशक • (śaśaka) stem, m

  1. rabbit
  2. hare
  3. man of a particular character

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of शशक (śaśaka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शशकः
śaśakaḥ		 शशकौ / शशका¹
śaśakau / śaśakā¹		 शशकाः / शशकासः¹
śaśakāḥ / śaśakāsaḥ¹
Vocative शशक
śaśaka		 शशकौ / शशका¹
śaśakau / śaśakā¹		 शशकाः / शशकासः¹
śaśakāḥ / śaśakāsaḥ¹
Accusative शशकम्
śaśakam		 शशकौ / शशका¹
śaśakau / śaśakā¹		 शशकान्
śaśakān
Instrumental शशकेन
śaśakena		 शशकाभ्याम्
śaśakābhyām		 शशकैः / शशकेभिः¹
śaśakaiḥ / śaśakebhiḥ¹
Dative शशकाय
śaśakāya		 शशकाभ्याम्
śaśakābhyām		 शशकेभ्यः
śaśakebhyaḥ
Ablative शशकात्
śaśakāt		 शशकाभ्याम्
śaśakābhyām		 शशकेभ्यः
śaśakebhyaḥ
Genitive शशकस्य
śaśakasya		 शशकयोः
śaśakayoḥ		 शशकानाम्
śaśakānām
Locative शशके
śaśake		 शशकयोः
śaśakayoḥ		 शशकेषु
śaśakeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • → Hindustani: (learned)
    • Hindi: शशक (śaśak)
    • Urdu: ششک
  • Middle Indo-Aryan:
    • Pali: sasaka
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindi: ससक (sasak) (uncommon)
      • Romani: śośoj

References
  • “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 May 25 (last accessed)
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