शस्त्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəs.t̪ɾᵊ/,

Noun

शस्त्र • (śastra) m (Urdu spelling شستر)

1. weapon, sword, dagger; any handheld instrument used for cutting, wounding, or self-defense

   Synonym: हथियार (hathiyār)

   तलवार, छुरी, गदा इत्यादि को शस्त्र कहते हैं।

   talvār, churī, gadā ityādi ko śastra kahte ha͠i.

   Swords, knives and clubs are examples of weapons.

Declension

See also

• अस्त्र (astr)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शस्त्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐs.tɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐs̪.t̪ɾɐ/

Etymology 1

From शंस् (śaṃs) +‎ -त्र (-tra).

Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, n

1. invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly, as opposed to स्तोम (stoma), which is sung, but especially the verses recited by the hotṛ and his assistant as an accompaniment to the grahas at the soma libation)
2. reciting, recitation

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćastrám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-tróm, from *ḱes- (“to cut”). Compare Latin castrō (“I prune”) (whence English castrate), Albanian thadër (“adze”).

Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, m

1. sword

Declension

Descendants

• → Hindi: शस्त्र (śastra) (learned)
• → Odia: ଶସ୍ତ୍ର (śôstrô) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: śastra
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (sastra, “arrow”)
• →⇒ Telugu: శస్త్రము (śastramu)
• →⇒ Punjabi: ਸ਼ਸਤਰ (śastar)

Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, n

1. an instrument for cutting or wounding, knife, sword, dagger, any weapon (even applied to an arrow Bhat2t2.; weapons are said to be of four kinds, पाणिमुक्त (pāṇi-mukta), यन्त्रमुक्त (yantra-mukta), मुक्तामुक्त (muktā*mukta), and अमुक्त (amukta))
2. any instrument or tool
3. iron, steel

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शस्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044.