शिरस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os from *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Compare शीर्षन् (śīrṣan).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕí.ɽɐs̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɽɐs̪/

Noun

शिरस् • (śíras) n

head, skull
the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme
the forepart or van (of an army)
the beginning (of a verse)
the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)

Descendants

Telugu: శిరస్సు (śirassu)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1072

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