शावक
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शावक (śāvaka).
Pronunciation
Noun
शावक • (śāvak) m (Urdu spelling شاوك)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शावक śāvak |
शावक śāvak |
| oblique | शावक śāvak |
शावकों śāvakõ |
| vocative | शावक śāvak |
शावको śāvako |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शावक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “शावक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শাৱক (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
- শাবক (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာဝက (Burmese script)
- શાવક (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾವಕ (Kannada script)
- ឝាវក (Khmer script)
- ຨາວກ (Lao script)
- ശാവക (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଶାଵକ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ශාවක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
- ஶாவக (Tamil script)
- శావక (Telugu script)
- ศาวก (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From शाव (śāva) + -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
शावक • (śāvaka) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शावकः (śāvakaḥ) | शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹) |
शावकाः (śāvakāḥ) शावकासः¹ (śāvakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शावकम् (śāvakam) | शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹) |
शावकान् (śāvakān) |
| instrumental | शावकेन (śāvakena) | शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām) | शावकैः (śāvakaiḥ) शावकेभिः¹ (śāvakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शावकाय (śāvakāya) | शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām) | शावकेभ्यः (śāvakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शावकात् (śāvakāt) | शावकाभ्याम् (śāvakābhyām) | शावकेभ्यः (śāvakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शावकस्य (śāvakasya) | शावकयोः (śāvakayoḥ) | शावकानाम् (śāvakānām) |
| locative | शावके (śāvake) | शावकयोः (śāvakayoḥ) | शावकेषु (śāvakeṣu) |
| vocative | शावक (śāvaka) | शावकौ (śāvakau) शावका¹ (śāvakā¹) |
शावकाः (śāvakāḥ) शावकासः¹ (śāvakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शावक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068.