अभिषेक
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m (Urdu spelling اَبِھشیک)
- sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
- inauguration, consecration, investiture
- Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
- (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
Declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem)
Proper noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of अभिषेक (masc cons-stem)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभिषेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभिषेक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
Further reading
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अभिषेक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “अभिषेक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek)
- Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
Proper noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
- Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
Further reading
- “अभिषेक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অভিষেক (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬪᬶᬱᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
- অভিষেক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰥𑰰𑰬𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀱𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- အဘိၑေက (Burmese script)
- અભિષેક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਭਿਸ਼ੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦨꦶꦰꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂦𑂱𑂭𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (Kannada script)
- អភិឞេក (Khmer script)
- ອຠິເຩກ (Lao script)
- അഭിഷേക (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢨᡳᢢᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘥𑘱𑘬𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠪᠾᠢᢔᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧅𑧒𑧌𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐨𑐶𑐲𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅଭିଷେକ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢩꢶꢰꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆨𑆴𑆰𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖥𑖰𑖬𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අභිෂෙක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑪀𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚡𑚮𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
- அபி⁴ஷேக (Tamil script)
- అభిషేక (Telugu script)
- อภิเษก (Thai script)
- ཨ་བྷི་ཥེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒦𑒱𑒭𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨯𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From अभि- (abhi-) + सेक (séka).
Pronunciation
Noun
अभिषेक • (abhiṣeká) stem, m
- anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water); inauguration of a king, royal unction
- the water or liquid used at an inauguration
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अभिषेक (abhiṣeká) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अभिषेकः abhiṣekáḥ |
अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ abhiṣekaú / abhiṣekā́¹ |
अभिषेकाः / अभिषेकासः¹ abhiṣekā́ḥ / abhiṣekā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अभिषेक ábhiṣeka |
अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ ábhiṣekau / ábhiṣekā¹ |
अभिषेकाः / अभिषेकासः¹ ábhiṣekāḥ / ábhiṣekāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अभिषेकम् abhiṣekám |
अभिषेकौ / अभिषेका¹ abhiṣekaú / abhiṣekā́¹ |
अभिषेकान् abhiṣekā́n |
| Instrumental | अभिषेकेण abhiṣekéṇa |
अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām |
अभिषेकैः / अभिषेकेभिः¹ abhiṣekaíḥ / abhiṣekébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अभिषेकाय abhiṣekā́ya |
अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām |
अभिषेकेभ्यः abhiṣekébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अभिषेकात् abhiṣekā́t |
अभिषेकाभ्याम् abhiṣekā́bhyām |
अभिषेकेभ्यः abhiṣekébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अभिषेकस्य abhiṣekásya |
अभिषेकयोः abhiṣekáyoḥ |
अभिषेकाणाम् abhiṣekā́ṇām |
| Locative | अभिषेके abhiṣeké |
अभिषेकयोः abhiṣekáyoḥ |
अभिषेकेषु abhiṣekéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
Borrowed terms
- Bengali: অভিষেক (obhiśek)
- English: abhisheka
- Hindustani: abhiṣek
- Marathi: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
- Nepali: अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
- Old Khmer: ʼabhiṣeka, ʼabbhiseka
- → Thai: อภิเษก (à-pí-sèek)
- Old Javanese: abhiṣeka
- Tamil: அபிஷேகம் (apiṣēkam)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “Abhi-sheká”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 71, column 1.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभिषेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhiṣēká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press