शष्प

शष्प

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬱ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• শষ্প (Assamese script)
• শষ্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰬𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀱𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌷𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• શષ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ꦯꦰ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• ಶಷ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• ၐၑ္ပ (Burmese script)
• 𑐱𑐲𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଶଷ୍ପ (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢰ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆰𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖬𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• శష్ప (Telugu script)
• ཤཥྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒭𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?]; cognate with Persian سبز‎ (sabz).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ʂ.pɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐʂ.pɐ/

Noun

शष्प • (śáṣpa) n

1. young, sprouting grass

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शष्प (śáṣpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Vocative	शष्प śáṣpa	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Accusative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Instrumental	शष्पेण śáṣpeṇa	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पैः / शष्पेभिः¹ śáṣpaiḥ / śáṣpebhiḥ¹
Dative	शष्पाय śáṣpāya	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Ablative	शष्पात् śáṣpāt	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Genitive	शष्पस्य śáṣpasya	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पाणाम् śáṣpāṇām
Locative	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पेषु śáṣpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀨 (sappha)
  • → Kannada: ಸೊಪ್ಪು (soppu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “शष्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1060/3.