शिक्षा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā), from the root verb शिक्ष् (śikṣ, “to learn, study”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃɪkˈʂaː]

Noun

शिक्षा • (śikṣā) f (Urdu spelling شکشا‎)

  1. education
    इस देश में शिक्षा का स्तर गिर गया है।
    is deś mẽ śikṣā kā star gir gayā hai.
    In this country the standard of education has declined.
  2. lesson, moral
    इस कहानी की शिक्षा यह है।
    is kahānī kī śikṣā yah hai.
    This is the moral of the story.
    तुम्हें इससे शिक्षा लेनी चाहिये।
    tumhẽ isse śikṣā lenī cāhiye.
    This should be a lesson to you.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • शिक्षापद्धति (śikṣā-paddhati, “system of education”)
  • शिक्षापरिषद् (śikṣā-pariṣad, “academic council”)
  • शिक्षाशास्त्र (śikṣā-śāstra, “pedagogy”)
  • शिक्षित (śikṣit, “literate, educated”)

References

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

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā).

Noun

शिक्षा • (śikṣā), pronounced सिच्छ्या (sicchyā) or सिक्छ्या (sikchyā)

  1. education
  2. lesson, moral

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिक्षा (śikṣā).

Noun

शिक्षा (transliteration needed) f

  1. knowledge

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉikš- (“to learn”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬥𐬀‎ (sixšəmna, “learned”), 𐬯𐬌𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (sixšaiia, “to be learned”).

Pronunciation

Noun

शिक्षा • (śikṣā) f

  1. learning, study
  2. knowledge, art, skill

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिक्षा
Nom. sg. शिक्षा (śikṣā)
Gen. sg. शिक्षायाः (śikṣāyāḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शिक्षा (śikṣā) शिक्षे (śikṣe) शिक्षाः (śikṣāḥ)
Vocative शिक्षे (śikṣe) शिक्षे (śikṣe) शिक्षाः (śikṣāḥ)
Accusative शिक्षाम् (śikṣām) शिक्षे (śikṣe) शिक्षाः (śikṣāḥ)
Instrumental शिक्षया (śikṣayā) शिक्षाभ्याम् (śikṣābhyām) शिक्षाभिः (śikṣābhiḥ)
Dative शिक्षायै (śikṣāyai) शिक्षाभ्याम् (śikṣābhyām) शिक्षाभ्यः (śikṣābhyaḥ)
Ablative शिक्षायाः (śikṣāyāḥ) शिक्षाभ्याम् (śikṣābhyām) शिक्षाभ्यः (śikṣābhyaḥ)
Genitive शिक्षायाः (śikṣāyāḥ) शिक्षयोः (śikṣayoḥ) शिक्षानाम् (śikṣānām)
Locative शिक्षायाम् (śikṣāyām) शिक्षयोः (śikṣayoḥ) शिक्षासु (śikṣāsu)

Descendants

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