शिशिर
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.ʃɪɾ/
Noun
शिशिर • (śiśir) m
- frost; dew
- the winter season
- Synonyms: सर्दी (sardī), जाड़ा (jāṛā)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शिशिर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sisir]
- Phonetic Devanagari: सिसिर्
Noun
शिशिर • (śiśir)
- the winter season
Synonyms
- (season): हिउँद [hiũd]
- जाडो [jāḍo]
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬶᬰᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
- শিশিৰ (Assamese script)
- শিশির (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
- શિશિર (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦶꦯꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
- ឝិឝិរ (Khmer script)
- ಶಿಶಿರ (Kannada script)
- ຨິຨິຣ (Lao script)
- ശിശിര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠱᢈᠱᢈᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡳᡧᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- ၐိၐိရ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଶିଶିର (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢶꢯꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ශිශිර (Sinhalese script)
- శిశిర (Telugu script)
- ศิศิร (Thai script)
- ཤི་ཤི་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“warm, cold”). Cognate with Old Armenian սառն (saṙn).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕí.ɕi.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕi.ɕi.ɾɐ/
Adjective
शिशिर • (śiśira)
- cool, chilly, cold, frigid, freezing
Noun
शिशिर • (śiśira) m or n
- cold, coolness, hoarfrost, dew
Noun
शिशिर • (śiśira) m
- the cool or dewy season (comprising two months, माघ and फाल्गुन, or from about the middle of January to that of March)
- name of the seventh month of the year
Descendants
- Hindi: शिशिर (śiśir)
- Sinhalese: සිසිර (sisira)
- → Telugu: శిశిరము (śiśiramu)
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 1076