"शिरस्" meaning in Sanskrit

See शिरस् in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕí.ɾɐs/ [Vedic], /ɕi.ɾɐs̪/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os, from *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), Persian سر (sar), Latin cerebrum. Etymology templates: {{dercat|sa|inc-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ćŕ̥Has}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, {{inh|sa|ine-pro||*ḱŕ̥h₂-os}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os, {{cog|ae|𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀}} Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), {{cog|fa|سر|tr=sar}} Persian سر (sar), {{cog|la|cerebrum}} Latin cerebrum Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=śíras}} शिरस् • (śíras) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n|śíras}} Forms: śíras [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], शिरः [nominative, singular], शिरसी [dual, nominative], शिरांसि [nominative, plural], शिरः [accusative, singular], शिरसी [accusative, dual], शिरांसि [accusative, plural], शिरसा [instrumental, singular], शिरोभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], शिरोभिः [instrumental, plural], शिरसे [dative, singular], शिरोभ्याम् [dative, dual], शिरोभ्यः [dative, plural], शिरसः [ablative, singular], शिरोभ्याम् [ablative, dual], शिरोभ्यः [ablative, plural], शिरसः [genitive, singular], शिरसोः [dual, genitive], शिरसाम् [genitive, plural], शिरसि [locative, singular], शिरसोः [dual, locative], शिरःसु [locative, plural], शिरः [singular, vocative], शिरसी [dual, vocative], शिरांसि [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) head, skull
    Sense id: en-शिरस्-sa-noun-TbXbDGU9 Categories (other): Anatomy, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Body parts Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 31 8 32 16 13 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 29 13 27 25 6 Disambiguation of Body parts: 62 6 24 6 2 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme
    Sense id: en-शिरस्-sa-noun-TcaG5M09 Categories (other): Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 29 13 27 25 6
  3. the forepart or van (of an army)
    Sense id: en-शिरस्-sa-noun-gPcv2xxb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 9 58 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 8 65 11 4 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 31 8 32 16 13 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 29 13 27 25 6 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 13 35 19 9
  4. the beginning (of a verse)
    Sense id: en-शिरस्-sa-noun-fHVxiyKM Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 31 8 32 16 13 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 29 13 27 25 6
  5. the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)
    Sense id: en-शिरस्-sa-noun-3y7BfhSG Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 31 8 32 16 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sa",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "sa:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-ard",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "awa",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Awadhi: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Awadhi: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "hīrü"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: [script needed] (hīrü)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: [script needed] (hīrü)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "glh",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "šīr"
          },
          "expansion": "Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (šīr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (šīr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-hel",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Helu Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Helu Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "si",
            "2": "සිර"
          },
          "expansion": "Sinhalese: සිර (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sinhalese: සිර (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mag",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "সিৰ"
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: সিৰ (xir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: সিৰ (xir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শির"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: শির (śir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: শির (śir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "सिर",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Maithili: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maithili: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ସିର"
          },
          "expansion": "Odia: ସିର (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Odia: ସିର (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "siras"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: siras",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: siras"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gbm",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Garhwali: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Garhwali: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સિર"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: સિર (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: સિર (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "سر",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: سر (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: سر (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kfy",
            "2": "सिर",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumaoni: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumaoni: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: सिर (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: सिर (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸਿਰ",
            "3": "سر",
            "tr2": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Punjabi: ਸਿਰ (sir), سر (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Punjabi: ਸਿਰ (sir), سر (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rom",
            "2": "śero"
          },
          "expansion": "Romani: śero, shero (Anglicized), šero (Pan-Vlax)\n→ Hungarian: séró",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romani: śero, shero (Anglicized), šero (Pan-Vlax)\n→ Hungarian: séró"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ćŕ̥Has"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱŕ̥h₂-os"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "سر",
        "tr": "sar"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سر (sar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cerebrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cerebrum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os, from *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), Persian سر (sar), Latin cerebrum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "śíras",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसा",
      "roman": "śírasā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभिः",
      "roman": "śírobhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसे",
      "roman": "śírase",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "śírobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसः",
      "roman": "śírasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "śírobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसः",
      "roman": "śírasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसोः",
      "roman": "śírasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसाम्",
      "roman": "śírasām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसि",
      "roman": "śírasi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसोः",
      "roman": "śírasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरःसु",
      "roman": "śíraḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "śíras"
      },
      "expansion": "शिरस् • (śíras) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "śíras"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "sa:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 8 32 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 13 27 25 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 6 24 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "sa:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So, Lord of affluent gifts, this juice hath been pressed for thee with strength.\nDrink of it, thou who lovest song.\nIncline thy body to this juice which suits thy Godlike nature well.\nMay it cheer thee who lovest it.\nLet it work through both thy flanks, and through thy head by prayer\nAnd through thine arms, O brave Indra, to prosper us.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.51",
          "roman": "prá bāhū́ śūra rā́dhase.",
          "text": "इ॒दं ह्यन्वोज॑सा सु॒तं रा॑धानां पते ।\nपिबा॒ त्व१॒॑स्य गि॑र्वणः ॥\nयस्ते॒ अनु॑ स्व॒धामस॑त्सु॒ते नि य॑च्छ त॒न्व॑म् ।\nस त्वा॑ ममत्तु सो॒म्यम् ॥\nप्र ते॑ अश्नोतु कु॒क्ष्योः प्रेन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शिरः॑ ।\nप्र बा॒हू शू॑र॒ राध॑से ॥\nidáṃ hyánvójasā sutáṃ rādhānāṃ pate.\npíbā tvàsyá girvaṇaḥ.\nyáste ánu svadhā́másatsuté ní yaccha tanvàm.\nsá tvā mamattu somyám.\nprá te aśnotu kukṣyóḥ préndra bráhmaṇā śíraḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head, skull"
      ],
      "id": "en-शिरस्-sa-noun-TbXbDGU9",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head, skull"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 13 27 25 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme"
      ],
      "id": "en-शिरस्-sa-noun-TcaG5M09",
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "pinnacle",
          "pinnacle"
        ],
        [
          "acme",
          "acme"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 9 58 14 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 65 11 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 8 32 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 13 27 25 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 13 35 19 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the forepart or van (of an army)"
      ],
      "id": "en-शिरस्-sa-noun-gPcv2xxb"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 8 32 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 13 27 25 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the beginning (of a verse)"
      ],
      "id": "en-शिरस्-sa-noun-fHVxiyKM",
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 8 32 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)"
      ],
      "id": "en-शिरस्-sa-noun-3y7BfhSG",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕí.ɾɐs/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi.ɾɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शिरस्"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit as-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "sa:Body parts",
    "sa:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-ard",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "awa",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Awadhi: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Awadhi: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dardic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ks",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "hīrü"
          },
          "expansion": "Kashmiri: [script needed] (hīrü)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kashmiri: [script needed] (hīrü)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "glh",
            "2": "",
            "tr": "šīr"
          },
          "expansion": "Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (šīr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (šīr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-hel",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Helu Prakrit:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Helu Prakrit:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "si",
            "2": "සිර"
          },
          "expansion": "Sinhalese: සිර (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sinhalese: සිර (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-mag",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "সিৰ"
          },
          "expansion": "Assamese: সিৰ (xir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Assamese: সিৰ (xir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "শির"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: শির (śir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: শির (śir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mai",
            "2": "सिर",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Maithili: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maithili: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ସିର"
          },
          "expansion": "Odia: ସିର (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Odia: ସିର (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "siras"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: siras",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: siras"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pra-sau",
            "2": "𑀲𑀺𑀭"
          },
          "expansion": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀭 (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gbm",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Garhwali: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Garhwali: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "સિર"
          },
          "expansion": "Gujarati: સિર (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gujarati: સિર (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-hnd",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindustani:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "سر",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: سر (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: سر (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kfy",
            "2": "सिर",
            "tr": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Kumaoni: सिर (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Kumaoni: सिर (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "सिर"
          },
          "expansion": "Nepali: सिर (sira)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nepali: सिर (sira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਸਿਰ",
            "3": "سر",
            "tr2": "sir"
          },
          "expansion": "Punjabi: ਸਿਰ (sir), سر (sir)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Punjabi: ਸਿਰ (sir), سر (sir)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rom",
            "2": "śero"
          },
          "expansion": "Romani: śero, shero (Anglicized), šero (Pan-Vlax)\n→ Hungarian: séró",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romani: śero, shero (Anglicized), šero (Pan-Vlax)\n→ Hungarian: séró"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ćŕ̥Has"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ḱŕ̥h₂-os"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "سر",
        "tr": "sar"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian سر (sar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cerebrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cerebrum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os, from *ḱerh₂- (“head”); see there for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), Persian سر (sar), Latin cerebrum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "śíras",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसा",
      "roman": "śírasā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभिः",
      "roman": "śírobhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसे",
      "roman": "śírase",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "śírobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसः",
      "roman": "śírasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्याम्",
      "roman": "śírobhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरोभ्यः",
      "roman": "śírobhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसः",
      "roman": "śírasaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसोः",
      "roman": "śírasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसाम्",
      "roman": "śírasām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसि",
      "roman": "śírasi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसोः",
      "roman": "śírasoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरःसु",
      "roman": "śíraḥsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरः",
      "roman": "śíraḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरसी",
      "roman": "śírasī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "शिरांसि",
      "roman": "śírāṃsi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "śíras"
      },
      "expansion": "शिरस् • (śíras) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "śíras"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "sa:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So, Lord of affluent gifts, this juice hath been pressed for thee with strength.\nDrink of it, thou who lovest song.\nIncline thy body to this juice which suits thy Godlike nature well.\nMay it cheer thee who lovest it.\nLet it work through both thy flanks, and through thy head by prayer\nAnd through thine arms, O brave Indra, to prosper us.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.51",
          "roman": "prá bāhū́ śūra rā́dhase.",
          "text": "इ॒दं ह्यन्वोज॑सा सु॒तं रा॑धानां पते ।\nपिबा॒ त्व१॒॑स्य गि॑र्वणः ॥\nयस्ते॒ अनु॑ स्व॒धामस॑त्सु॒ते नि य॑च्छ त॒न्व॑म् ।\nस त्वा॑ ममत्तु सो॒म्यम् ॥\nप्र ते॑ अश्नोतु कु॒क्ष्योः प्रेन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शिरः॑ ।\nप्र बा॒हू शू॑र॒ राध॑से ॥\nidáṃ hyánvójasā sutáṃ rādhānāṃ pate.\npíbā tvàsyá girvaṇaḥ.\nyáste ánu svadhā́másatsuté ní yaccha tanvàm.\nsá tvā mamattu somyám.\nprá te aśnotu kukṣyóḥ préndra bráhmaṇā śíraḥ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head, skull"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "skull",
          "skull"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head, skull"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "pinnacle",
          "pinnacle"
        ],
        [
          "acme",
          "acme"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the forepart or van (of an army)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the beginning (of a verse)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the head, leader, chief, foremost, first (of a class)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "foremost",
          "foremost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕí.ɾɐs/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi.ɾɐs̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "शिरस्"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-20 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.