शिखर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit शिखर (śikhara).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kʰəɾ/
Noun
शिखर • (śikhar) m (Urdu spelling شکھر)
- pinnacle, apex
- वह अपने व्यवसाय के शिखर तक नहीं पहुँच पाया।
- vah apne vyavsāy ke śikhar tak nahī̃ pahũc pāyā.
- He was unable to reach the pinnacle of his career.
- peak, summit (of a mountain)
- Synonym: चोटी (coṭī)
Declension
Declension of शिखर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | शिखर śikhar | शिखर śikhar |
oblique | शिखर śikhar | शिखरों śikharõ |
vocative | शिखर śikhar | शिखरो śikharo |
Derived terms
- गोल शिखर (gol śikhar)
Proper noun
शिखर • (śikhar) m
- a male given name, Shikhar, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of शिखर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | शिखर śikhar | शिखर śikhar |
oblique | शिखर śikhar | शिखरों śikharõ |
vocative | शिखर śikhar | शिखरो śikharo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शिखर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शिखर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕi.kʰɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
शिखर • (śikhara) ?
- peak, top, summit
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of शिखर (śikhara) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | शिखरः śikharaḥ | शिखरौ śikharau | शिखराः / शिखरासः¹ śikharāḥ / śikharāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | शिखर śikhara | शिखरौ śikharau | शिखराः / शिखरासः¹ śikharāḥ / śikharāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | शिखरम् śikharam | शिखरौ śikharau | शिखरान् śikharān |
Instrumental | शिखरेण śikhareṇa | शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām | शिखरैः / शिखरेभिः¹ śikharaiḥ / śikharebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | शिखराय śikharāya | शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām | शिखरेभ्यः śikharebhyaḥ |
Ablative | शिखरात् śikharāt | शिखराभ्याम् śikharābhyām | शिखरेभ्यः śikharebhyaḥ |
Genitive | शिखरस्य śikharasya | शिखरयोः śikharayoḥ | शिखराणाम् śikharāṇām |
Locative | शिखरे śikhare | शिखरयोः śikharayoḥ | शिखरेषु śikhareṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Tamil: சிகரம் (cikaram)
- Telugu: శిఖరాగ్రము (śikharāgramu)
- Hindi: शिखर (śikhar)
- Bengali: শিখর (śikhôrô)
- Gujarati: શિખર (śikhar)
- Kannada: ಶಿಖರ (śikhara)
- Marathi: शिखर (śikhar)
- Nepali: शिखर (śikhar)
References
- “शिखर” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 546, column 1.