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Hindi
Proper noun
शिखा • (śikhā) f
- a female given name, Shikha, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of शिखा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाएँ
śikhāẽ
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| oblique
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाओं
śikhāõ
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| vocative
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाओ
śikhāo
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Noun
शिखा • (śikhā) f
- (rare, in compounds) flame
- (Hinduism) a sikha (Hindu hairstyle common in orthodox sects)
Declension
Declension of शिखा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाएँ
śikhāẽ
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| oblique
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाओं
śikhāõ
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| vocative
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शिखा
śikhā
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शिखाओ
śikhāo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শিখা (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬶᬔᬵ (Balinese script)
- শিখা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰏𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀔𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ၐိခါ (Burmese script)
- શિખા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਖਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦶꦑꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂱𑂎𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಿಖಾ (Kannada script)
- ឝិខា (Khmer script)
- ຨິຂາ (Lao script)
- ശിഖാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡳᡘᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘏𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠢᠻᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑦯𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐏𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶିଖା (Odia script)
- ꢯꢶꢓꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆒𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖏𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ශිඛා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩑𑩝𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚮𑚋𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஶிக²ா (Tamil script)
- శిఖా (Telugu script)
- ศิขา (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཁཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒐𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨁𑨌𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Compare Persian جیغه (jiğa).
Pronunciation
Noun
शिखा • (śíkhā) stem, f
- plume, tuft of hair
- peacock's crest
- ray of light
- Synonym: किरण (kiraṇa)
- (poetry) a part of a verse
Declension
Descendants
References