शश

See also: शिशी, शीशा, शीशी, शिशु, and शीश-

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From earlier *शस (śasa) (by assimilation of the second sibilant to the first), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćasás (hare), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (grey, hare). Cognate with English hare, Old Prussian sasnis (hare), Pashto سوی (soe, hare), Welsh ceinach (hare, rabbit), and Latin cānus (white).

Pronunciation

Noun

शश • (śaśá) stem, m

  1. hare, rabbit
  2. antelope
  3. lunar maria (which are thought to resemble a hare or rabbit)
  4. a kind of meteor
  5. name of a man born under a particular constellation
  6. a man of mild character and easily led (one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being अश्व (aśva), मृग (mṛga) and वृषन् (vṛṣan))
  7. the लोध्र (lodhra) tree, Symplocos racemosa
  8. gum-myrrh
  9. name of a part of जम्बुद्वीप (Jambu-dvīpa)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शश (śaśá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शशः
śaśáḥ
शशौ / शशा¹
śaśaú / śaśā́¹
शशाः / शशासः¹
śaśā́ḥ / śaśā́saḥ¹
Vocative शश
śáśa
शशौ / शशा¹
śáśau / śáśā¹
शशाः / शशासः¹
śáśāḥ / śáśāsaḥ¹
Accusative शशम्
śaśám
शशौ / शशा¹
śaśaú / śaśā́¹
शशान्
śaśā́n
Instrumental शशेन
śaśéna
शशाभ्याम्
śaśā́bhyām
शशैः / शशेभिः¹
śaśaíḥ / śaśébhiḥ¹
Dative शशाय
śaśā́ya
शशाभ्याम्
śaśā́bhyām
शशेभ्यः
śaśébhyaḥ
Ablative शशात्
śaśā́t
शशाभ्याम्
śaśā́bhyām
शशेभ्यः
śaśébhyaḥ
Genitive शशस्य
śaśásya
शशयोः
śaśáyoḥ
शशानाम्
śaśā́nām
Locative शशे
śaśé
शशयोः
śaśáyoḥ
शशेषु
śaśéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • शशक (śaśaka)
  • शशी (śaśī, moon)
  • शशाङ्क (śaśāṅka, moon)

Descendants

  • Pali: sasa
  • Prakrit:
  • Tamil: சசம் (cacam)

References

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