शीर्ष

शीर्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शीर्ष (śīrṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃiːɾʂ/, [ʃiːɾʃ]

Noun

शीर्ष • (śīrṣ) m (Urdu spelling شیرش‎)

1. head, apex, top

   सरकार में शीर्ष पद ― sarkār mẽ śīrṣ pad ― top posts in the government

2. (geometry) vertex (of a triangle)

Declension

Declension of शीर्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शीर्ष śīrṣ	शीर्ष śīrṣ
oblique	शीर्ष śīrṣ	शीर्षों śīrṣõ
vocative	शीर्ष śīrṣ	शीर्षो śīrṣo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शीर्ष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hsá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hšá, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂-sō, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάρα (kára), Old English hærn (whence English harns). Collateral to Vedic Sanskrit शीर्षन् (śīrṣán).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiːɾ.ʂɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕiːɾ.ʂɐ/

Noun

शीर्ष • (śīrṣá) n

1. (anatomy) head, skull

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शीर्ष (śīrṣá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शीर्षम् śīrṣám	शीर्षे śīrṣé	शीर्षाणि / शीर्षा¹ śīrṣā́ṇi / śīrṣā́¹
Vocative	शीर्ष śī́rṣa	शीर्षे śī́rṣe	शीर्षाणि / शीर्षा¹ śī́rṣāṇi / śī́rṣā¹
Accusative	शीर्षम् śīrṣám	शीर्षे śīrṣé	शीर्षाणि / शीर्षा¹ śīrṣā́ṇi / śīrṣā́¹
Instrumental	शीर्षेण śīrṣéṇa	शीर्षाभ्याम् śīrṣā́bhyām	शीर्षैः / शीर्षेभिः¹ śīrṣaíḥ / śīrṣébhiḥ¹
Dative	शीर्षाय śīrṣā́ya	शीर्षाभ्याम् śīrṣā́bhyām	शीर्षेभ्यः śīrṣébhyaḥ
Ablative	शीर्षात् śīrṣā́t	शीर्षाभ्याम् śīrṣā́bhyām	शीर्षेभ्यः śīrṣébhyaḥ
Genitive	शीर्षस्य śīrṣásya	शीर्षयोः śīrṣáyoḥ	शीर्षाणाम् śīrṣā́ṇām
Locative	शीर्षे śīrṣé	शीर्षयोः śīrṣáyoḥ	शीर्षेषु śīrṣéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• शीर्षासन (śīrṣāsana)

Descendants

• Pali: sīsa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sissa)
  • Braj: सीस (sīs)
  • Hindi: सीस (sīs)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शीर्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1078.