ابھشیک

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.ʃeːk/

Noun[edit]

اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
inauguration, consecration, investiture
Synonym: اِفْتِتاح (iftitāh)
(Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol); offering made in connection with bathing an idol

Declension[edit]

Declension of ابھشیک
	singular	plural
direct	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)
oblique	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیکوں (abhiṣekō̃)
vocative	اَبِھشیک (abhiṣek)	اَبِھشیکو (abhiṣekō)

Proper noun[edit]

اَبِھشیک • (abhiśek) m (Hindi spelling अभिषेक)

a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

Further reading[edit]

Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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