शुश्रूषा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃʊʃ.ɾuː.ʂɑː/, [ʃʊʃ.ɾuː.ʃäː]
Noun
शुश्रूषा • (śuśrūṣā) f
- desire or wish to hear
- service, attendance
- dutifulness, obedience
- reverence
- saying, speaking, telling
Declension
Declension of शुश्रूषा (fem ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शुश्रूषा śuśrūṣā | शुश्रूषाएँ śuśrūṣāẽ |
| oblique | शुश्रूषा śuśrūṣā | शुश्रूषाओं śuśrūṣāõ |
| vocative | शुश्रूषा śuśrūṣā | शुश्रूषाओ śuśrūṣāo |
Further reading
- Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “शुश्रूषा”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬸᬰ᭄ᬭᬹᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- শুশ্ৰূষা (Assamese script)
- শুশ্রূষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰲𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰳𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀽𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- શુશ્રૂષા (Gujarati script)
- ꦯꦸꦯꦿꦹꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- ಶುಶ್ರೂಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ၐုၐြူၑာ (Burmese script)
- 𑐱𑐸𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐹𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଶୁଶ୍ରୂଷା (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢸꢯ꣄ꢬꢹꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆶𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆷𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖲𑖫𑖿𑖨𑗝𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- శుశ్రూషా (Telugu script)
- ཤུཤྲཱུཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒳𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒴𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Back-formation from शुश्रूषते (śuśrūṣate, desiderative) + -आ (-ā), from श्रु (śru, “to listen”, root).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕuɕ.ɾuː.ʂɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɕuɕˈɾuː.ʂɑː/
Noun
शुश्रूषा • (śuśrūṣā) f
- desire or wish to hear
- service, attendance
- dutifulness, obedience
- reverence
- saying, speaking, telling
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शुश्रूषा śuśrūṣā | शुश्रूषे śuśrūṣe | शुश्रूषाः śuśrūṣāḥ |
| Vocative | शुश्रूषे śuśrūṣe | शुश्रूषे śuśrūṣe | शुश्रूषाः śuśrūṣāḥ |
| Accusative | शुश्रूषाम् śuśrūṣām | शुश्रूषे śuśrūṣe | शुश्रूषाः śuśrūṣāḥ |
| Instrumental | शुश्रूषया / शुश्रूषा¹ śuśrūṣayā / śuśrūṣā¹ | शुश्रूषाभ्याम् śuśrūṣābhyām | शुश्रूषाभिः śuśrūṣābhiḥ |
| Dative | शुश्रूषायै śuśrūṣāyai | शुश्रूषाभ्याम् śuśrūṣābhyām | शुश्रूषाभ्यः śuśrūṣābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शुश्रूषायाः śuśrūṣāyāḥ | शुश्रूषाभ्याम् śuśrūṣābhyām | शुश्रूषाभ्यः śuśrūṣābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शुश्रूषायाः śuśrūṣāyāḥ | शुश्रूषयोः śuśrūṣayoḥ | शुश्रूषाणाम् śuśrūṣāṇām |
| Locative | शुश्रूषायाम् śuśrūṣāyām | शुश्रूषयोः śuśrūṣayoḥ | शुश्रूषासु śuśrūṣāsu |
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Descendants
- → Hindi: शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā) (learned)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) , “शुश्रूषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1084, column 3.
- शुश्रूषा – Apte, Vaman Shivaram. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1957-1959. 3v.