शाखा

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See also: शंख and शिखा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɑː.kʰɑː/,

Noun

शाखा (śākhāf

  1. branch, field of study
    ज्यामिति गणित की एक शाखा है।
    jyāmiti gaṇit kī ek śākhā hai.
    Geometry is but one branch of mathematics.
  2. sect, school; shakha
  3. tributary (of a river)
    Synonyms: उपनदी (upandī), सहायक नदी (sahāyak nadī)
  4. branch (of a business)

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćā́kʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókh₂eh₂ (branch). Cognate with Persian شاخ (šâx, branch), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, branch, twig), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, plough), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, stake, club, brace, plough), Old Irish géc (branch).

Noun

शाखा (śā́khā) stemf

  1. branch (literally and figuratively)
    • RV 7.43.1
      पर वो यज्ञेषु देवयन्तो अर्चन दयावा नमोभिः परिथिवी इषध्यै |
      येषां बरह्माण्यसमानि विप्रा विष्वग वियन्ति वनिनो न शाखाः ||
      pra vo yajñeṣu devayanto arcan dyāvā namobhiḥ prithivī iṣadhyai |
      yeṣāṃ brahmāṇyasamāni viprā viṣvagh viyanti vanino na śākhāḥ ||
      SING out the pious at your sacrifices to move with adorations Earth and Heaven-
      The Holy Singers, whose unmatched devotions, like a tree's branches, part in all directions.
  2. shakha: a branch or school of the Veda (each school adhering to its own traditional text and interpretation)
  3. plant products - Śāka (sa: शाक):— “plant products”, "vegetables" viz. greens, root, fruit, leaf, flower, etc term used throughout Ayurvedic literature.
  4. a vegetarian - Shakahari (sa:शाकाहारी). Śākāhāra (sa: शाकाहार), Śākāhārī (sa:शाकाहारी).
  5. teak tree - Shakavriksha, Śākavṛkṣa, Shaka-vriksha (sa: Śākavṛkṣa, शाकवृक्ष) - the teak tree, compound consisting of the terms śāka(शाक) and vṛkṣa (वृक्ष). Śākavṛkṣa (शाकवृक्ष):— (kṣaḥ) 1. m. The teak tree.
  6. a limb of the body, arm or leg
  7. finger
  8. the surface of the body
  9. a door-post (compare द्वारशाखा (dvāra-śākhā))
  10. the wing of a building
  11. division, subdivision
  12. the third part of an astrological संहिता (saṃhitā) (also शाखास्कन्ध (śākhā-skandha), m.)
  13. a branch of any science

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शाखा
Nom. sg. शाखा (śākhā)
Gen. sg. शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शाखा (śākhā) शाखे (śākhe) शाखाः (śākhāḥ)
Vocative शाखे (śākhe) शाखे (śākhe) शाखाः (śākhāḥ)
Accusative शाखाम् (śākhām) शाखे (śākhe) शाखाः (śākhāḥ)
Instrumental शाखया (śākhayā) शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) शाखाभिः (śākhābhiḥ)
Dative शाखायै (śākhāyai) शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) शाखाभ्यः (śākhābhyaḥ)
Ablative शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) शाखाभ्याम् (śākhābhyām) शाखाभ्यः (śākhābhyaḥ)
Genitive शाखायाः (śākhāyāḥ) शाखयोः (śākhayoḥ) शाखानाम् (śākhānām)
Locative शाखायाम् (śākhāyām) शाखयोः (śākhayoḥ) शाखासु (śākhāsu)

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