शीघ्र

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃiːɡʱ.ɾᵊ/

शीघ्र • (śīghra)

1. soon, immediately, presently

   Synonyms: जल्दी (jaldī), जल्द (jald)

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीघ्र (śīghra).

• IPA^(key): /ɕiɡʱ.ɾə/

शीघ्र • (śīghra) (indeclinable)

1. quick, speedy, swift

   Synonym: जलद (jalad)

शीघ्र • (śīghra)

1. quickly, immediately, soon

   Synonyms: लवकर (lavkar), पटकन (paṭkan)

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शीघ्र”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śiHgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćiHgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeygʰ- (“fast”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬰𐬘- (sizj-, “to be fast”),^[1] Old Armenian սէգ (sēg), Russian сигать (sigatʹ, “to jump”), Old English hīgian (whence English hie).^[2]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiːɡʱ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕiːɡʱ.ɾɐ/

शीघ्र • (śīghrá) stem

1. quick, rapid, speedy

शीघ्र • (śīghra) stem, m or n

1. m a name
   1. of a son of अग्नि-वर्ण (agni-varṇa)
   2. of वायु (vāyú, “wind”)
   3. of a river
2. n (astronomy) conjunction
3. n the root of Andropogon muricatus

• → Bengali: শীঘ্র (śighro)
  • → Bengali: শিগ্গির (śiggir) (semi-learned)
• → Hindi: शीघ्र (śīghra)
• → Kannada: ಶೀಘ್ರ (śīghra)
• → Malay: segera
  • Indonesian: segera
• → Marathi: शीघ्र (śīghra)
• → Odia: ଶୀଘ୍ର (śighra)
• → Tagalog: sigla
• → Telugu: శీఘ్రము (śīghramu)
• → Tamil: சீக்கிரம் (cīkkiram)