शरीर

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Hindi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Marathi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

शरीर (śarīrm (Urdu spelling شریر)

  1. (anatomy) body, bodily frame
    Synonyms: तन (tan), जिस्म (jisma), बदन (badan), बॉडी (bŏḍī)
    तुम्हारा शरीर और आत्मा एक मंदिर है।
    tumhārā śarīr aur ātmā ek mandir hai.
    Your body and soul are a temple.

Declension

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Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Hindi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

शरीर (śarīrn

  1. (anatomy) body
    Synonyms: देह (deh), काया (kāyā), तनू (tanū), तन (tan)
    मानवी शरीर
    mānvī śarīr
    human body
  2. one's body
  3. bodily strength
  4. corpse, dead body

Declension

Declension of शरीर (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
शरीर
śarīr
direct
plural
शरीरे, शरीरं
śarīre, śarīra
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
शरीर
śarīr
शरीरे, शरीरं
śarīre, śarīra
oblique
सामान्यरूप
शरीरा
śarīrā
शरीरां-
śarīrān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
शरीराला
śarīrālā
शरीरांना
śarīrānnā
ergative शरीराने, शरीरानं
śarīrāne, śarīrāna
शरीरांनी
śarīrānnī
instrumental शरीराशी
śarīrāśī
शरीरांशी
śarīrānśī
locative
सप्तमी
शरीरात
śarīrāt
शरीरांत
śarīrāt
vocative
संबोधन
शरीरा
śarīrā
शरीरांनो
śarīrānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of शरीर (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
शरीराचा
śarīrāċā
शरीराचे
śarīrāċe
शरीराची
śarīrācī
शरीराच्या
śarīrācā
शरीराचे, शरीराचं
śarīrāċe, śarīrāċa
शरीराची
śarīrācī
शरीराच्या
śarīrācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
शरीरांचा
śarīrānċā
शरीरांचे
śarīrānċe
शरीरांची
śarīrāñcī
शरीरांच्या
śarīrāncā
शरीरांचे, शरीरांचं
śarīrānċe, śarīrānċa
शरीरांची
śarīrāñcī
शरीरांच्या
śarīrāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Probably derived from शॄ (śṝ, to crush, rend; to be worn out).

Noun

शरीर (śarīra) stemn

  1. body
  2. bodily frame, solid parts of the body (in plural: the bones)
  3. any solid body
  4. one's body, i.e. one's own person
  5. bodily strength
  6. corpse, dead body

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शरीर (śarīra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शरीरम्
śarīram
शरीरे
śarīre
शरीराणि / शरीरा¹
śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Vocative शरीर
śarīra
शरीरे
śarīre
शरीराणि / शरीरा¹
śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Accusative शरीरम्
śarīram
शरीरे
śarīre
शरीराणि / शरीरा¹
śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Instrumental शरीरेण
śarīreṇa
शरीराभ्याम्
śarīrābhyām
शरीरैः / शरीरेभिः¹
śarīraiḥ / śarīrebhiḥ¹
Dative शरीराय
śarīrāya
शरीराभ्याम्
śarīrābhyām
शरीरेभ्यः
śarīrebhyaḥ
Ablative शरीरात्
śarīrāt
शरीराभ्याम्
śarīrābhyām
शरीरेभ्यः
śarīrebhyaḥ
Genitive शरीरस्य
śarīrasya
शरीरयोः
śarīrayoḥ
शरीराणाम्
śarīrāṇām
Locative शरीरे
śarīre
शरीरयोः
śarīrayoḥ
शरीरेषु
śarīreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शरीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 618
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 307