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Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).
Pronunciation
Noun
अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek)
- sprinkling; any religious ceremony where sprinkling is performed
- Synonyms: अभिषेचन (abhiṣecan), सिञ्चन (siñcan)
- coronation, inauguration, investiture
- Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
- (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol
Declension
Proper noun
अभिषेक् • (abhiṣek) m
- a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit
Declension
Further reading
- “अभिषेक्”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “अभिषेक्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner