शृङ्ग
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hngám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉr̥Hngám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós, from *ḱerh₂-. Compare Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, English horn.
Pronunciation
Noun
शृङ्ग • (śṛṅgá) n
- the horn of an animal
- the tusk of an elephant
- the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
- the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
- any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
- a cusp or horn of the moon.
- highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything
Derived terms
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शृङ्गम् śṛṅgám |
शृङ्गे śṛṅgé |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgā́ṇi / śṛṅgā́¹ |
| Vocative | शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga |
शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹ |
| Accusative | शृङ्गम् śṛṅgám |
शृङ्गे śṛṅgé |
शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgā́ṇi / śṛṅgā́¹ |
| Instrumental | शृङ्गेण śṛṅgéṇa |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām |
शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛṅgaíḥ / śṛṅgébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शृङ्गाय śṛṅgā́ya |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शृङ्गात् śṛṅgā́t |
शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām |
शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शृङ्गस्य śṛṅgásya |
शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ |
शृङ्गाणाम् śṛṅgā́ṇām |
| Locative | शृङ्गे śṛṅgé |
शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ |
शृङ्गेषु śṛṅgéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
Noun
शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) m
- a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant.
- Name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain).
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 1087
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