शव

See also: शिव and श्वा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शव (śava).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃəʋ/, [ʃɐʋ]

Noun

शव • (śav) m (Urdu spelling شو)

  1. corpse, dead body
    मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले। ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.
    नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया। ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • शवदाह (śavdāh, “cremation”)
  • शवस्थान (śavsthān, “crematorium”)
  • शवपरीक्षा (śavprīkṣā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
  • शवशाला (śavśālā, “mortuary”)
  • शवसंस्कार (śavsanskār, “funeral rites”)

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu).

Pronunciation

Noun

शव • (śava) stem, ?

  1. corpse

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शव”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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