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

Declension of शव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शव śav	शव śav
oblique	शव śav	शवों śavõ
vocative	शव śav	शवो śavo

Synonyms

• लाश (lāś)

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

Alternative scripts

• শৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬯ (Balinese script)
• শব (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ၐဝ (Burmese script)
• શવ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಶವ (Kannada script)
• ឝវ (Khmer script)
• ຨວ (Lao script)
• ശവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଶଵ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ශව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஶவ (Tamil script)
• శవ (Telugu script)
• ศว (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சாவு (cāvu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

शव • (śava) stem, m or n (root सू)

1. corpse

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शव (śava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शवः śavaḥ	शवौ / शवा¹ śavau / śavā¹	शवाः / शवासः¹ śavāḥ / śavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शव śava	शवौ / शवा¹ śavau / śavā¹	शवाः / शवासः¹ śavāḥ / śavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शवम् śavam	शवौ / शवा¹ śavau / śavā¹	शवान् śavān
Instrumental	शवेन śavena	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवैः / शवेभिः¹ śavaiḥ / śavebhiḥ¹
Dative	शवाय śavāya	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवेभ्यः śavebhyaḥ
Ablative	शवात् śavāt	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवेभ्यः śavebhyaḥ
Genitive	शवस्य śavasya	शवयोः śavayoḥ	शवानाम् śavānām
Locative	शवे śave	शवयोः śavayoḥ	शवेषु śaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of शव (śava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शवम् śavam	शवे śave	शवानि / शवा¹ śavāni / śavā¹
Vocative	शव śava	शवे śave	शवानि / शवा¹ śavāni / śavā¹
Accusative	शवम् śavam	शवे śave	शवानि / शवा¹ śavāni / śavā¹
Instrumental	शवेन śavena	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवैः / शवेभिः¹ śavaiḥ / śavebhiḥ¹
Dative	शवाय śavāya	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवेभ्यः śavebhyaḥ
Ablative	शवात् śavāt	शवाभ्याम् śavābhyām	शवेभ्यः śavebhyaḥ
Genitive	शवस्य śavasya	शवयोः śavayoḥ	शवानाम् śavānām
Locative	शवे śave	शवयोः śavayoḥ	शवेषु śaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: শ (xo)
• Hindustani: sau
  • Hindi: सौ
  • Urdu: سَوْ
• Pali: sava
• Prakrit: 𑀙𑀯 (chava)
  • Sinhalese: සවය (sawaya), සැවය (sæwaya)
• Punjabi: sivā

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਿਵਾ

  Shahmukhi script: سِوا

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शव”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press