शिफा

शिफा

See also: शिफ़ा, शिफ, and शफ़ा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬶᬨᬵ (Balinese script)
• শিফা (Assamese script)
• শিফা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰣𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀨𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌫𑌾 (Grantha script)
• શિફા (Gujarati script)
• ꦯꦶꦦꦴ (Javanese script)
• ಶಿಫಾ (Kannada script)
• ၐိဖာ (Burmese script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐦𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶିଫା (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢶꢧꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆦𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖣𑖯 (Siddham script)
• శిఫా (Telugu script)
• ཤིཕཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒤𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Alternative forms

• शिफ (śipha)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.pʰɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.pʰɑː/

Noun

शिफा • (śiphā) f

1. a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips)
2. a lash or stroke with a whip or rod
3. a branch
4. a river
5. a tuft of hair on the crown of the head
6. the root of a waterlily
7. spikenard
8. turmeric
9. a sort of dill or fennel

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिफा (śiphā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिफा śiphā	शिफे śiphe	शिफाः śiphāḥ
Vocative	शिफे śiphe	शिफे śiphe	शिफाः śiphāḥ
Accusative	शिफाम् śiphām	शिफे śiphe	शिफाः śiphāḥ
Instrumental	शिफया / शिफा¹ śiphayā / śiphā¹	शिफाभ्याम् śiphābhyām	शिफाभिः śiphābhiḥ
Dative	शिफायै śiphāyai	शिफाभ्याम् śiphābhyām	शिफाभ्यः śiphābhyaḥ
Ablative	शिफायाः śiphāyāḥ	शिफाभ्याम् śiphābhyām	शिफाभ्यः śiphābhyaḥ
Genitive	शिफायाः śiphāyāḥ	शिफयोः śiphayoḥ	शिफानाम् śiphānām
Locative	शिफायाम् śiphāyām	शिफयोः śiphayoḥ	शिफासु śiphāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “शिफा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1072.