शक
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃək/, [ʃɐk]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit शक (śaka).
Proper noun
शक • (śak) m (Urdu spelling شک)
- Saka; Indo-Scythians
- शक युग ― śak yug ― Shaka era
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शक śak |
शक śak |
| oblique | शक śak |
शकों śakõ |
| vocative | शक śak |
शको śako |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian شک (šak(k)), from Arabic شَكّ (šakk). Compare Punjabi ਸ਼ੱਕ (śakka).
Noun
शक • (śak) m (Urdu spelling شک)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शक śak |
शक śak |
| oblique | शक śak |
शकों śakõ |
| vocative | शक śak |
शको śako |
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 732
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4671
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬓ (Balinese script)
- শক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐက (Burmese script)
- શક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝក (Khmer script)
- ຨກ (Lao script)
- ശക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶக (Tamil script)
- శక (Telugu script)
- ศก (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /Sakā/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /Saka/, “Scythia”), from Scythian.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.kɐ/
Proper noun
शक • (śaka) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शकः (śakaḥ) | शकौ (śakau) शका¹ (śakā¹) |
शकाः (śakāḥ) शकासः¹ (śakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शकम् (śakam) | शकौ (śakau) शका¹ (śakā¹) |
शकान् (śakān) |
| instrumental | शकेन (śakena) | शकाभ्याम् (śakābhyām) | शकैः (śakaiḥ) शकेभिः¹ (śakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शकाय (śakāya) | शकाभ्याम् (śakābhyām) | शकेभ्यः (śakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शकात् (śakāt) | शकाभ्याम् (śakābhyām) | शकेभ्यः (śakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शकस्य (śakasya) | शकयोः (śakayoḥ) | शकानाम् (śakānām) |
| locative | शके (śake) | शकयोः (śakayoḥ) | शकेषु (śakeṣu) |
| vocative | शक (śaka) | शकौ (śakau) शका¹ (śakā¹) |
शकाः (śakāḥ) शकासः¹ (śakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- शाक (śāka)
- शाक्य (śākya)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1045.