See श्रेष्ठ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "seṭṭha"
},
"expansion": "Pali: seṭṭha\n→ Khmer: សេដ្ឋ (seetthaʼ)\n→ Thai: เศรษฐ (sèet-tà-)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Pali: seṭṭha\n→ Khmer: សេដ្ឋ (seetthaʼ)\n→ Thai: เศรษฐ (sèet-tà-)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শ্রেষ্ঠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gu",
"2": "શ્રેષ્ઠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Gujarati: શ્રેષ્ઠ (śreṣṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gujarati: શ્રેષ્ઠ (śreṣṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "سَرِیشْٹھ"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: سَرِیشْٹھ (sarīśṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: سَرِیشْٹھ (sarīśṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ (śrēṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ (śrēṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "ശ്രേഷ്ഠം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: ശ്രേഷ്ഠം (śrēṣṭhaṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: ശ്രേഷ്ഠം (śrēṣṭhaṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ"
},
"expansion": "śreṣṭha",
"name": "xlit"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: śreṣṭha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Devanagari script: श्रेष्ठ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Devanagari script: श्रेष्ठ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "or",
"2": "ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Odia: ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ (śreṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Odia: ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ (śreṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ (sreśaṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ (sreśaṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "శ్రేష్ఠము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: శ్రేష్ఠము (śrēṣṭhamu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: శ్రేష్ఠము (śrēṣṭhamu)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inh",
"3": "iir-pro>*ćráyHištʰas>most beautiful",
"id": "best"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*ćráyHištʰas",
"4": "",
"5": "most beautiful"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyHištʰas (“most beautiful”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀",
"3": "",
"4": "most beautiful"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (sraēšta, “most beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyHištʰas (“most beautiful”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (sraēšta, “most beautiful”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "śréṣṭha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "metrical Vedic sometimes śráyiṣṭha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-adj-mfn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठौ",
"roman": "śréṣṭhau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठासः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭham",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठौ",
"roman": "śréṣṭhau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठान्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेन",
"roman": "śréṣṭhena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठैः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभिः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाय",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठात्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठस्य",
"roman": "śréṣṭhasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानाम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेषु",
"roman": "śréṣṭheṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठ",
"roman": "śréṣṭha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठौ",
"roman": "śréṣṭhau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठासः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-adj-mfn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठया",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभिः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायै",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायै2",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायै2",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानाम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठायाम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठासु",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāsu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-adj-mfn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭham",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानि",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭham",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानि",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेन",
"roman": "śréṣṭhena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठैः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभिः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाय",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāya",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhyaḥ",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठात्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāt",
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"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठस्य",
"roman": "śréṣṭhasya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानाम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhānām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठयोः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhayoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेषु",
"roman": "śréṣṭheṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठ",
"roman": "śréṣṭha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठे",
"roman": "śréṣṭhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठानि",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"tr": "śréṣṭha"
},
"expansion": "श्रेष्ठ • (śréṣṭha) stem",
"name": "sa-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "śréṣṭha",
"2": "śréṣṭhā",
"3": "śréṣṭha"
},
"name": "sa-decl-adj-mfn"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "śréṣṭha",
"abl_d": "",
"abl_p": "",
"abl_s": "",
"acc_d": "",
"acc_p": "",
"acc_s": "",
"adj": "1",
"ambig_final": "",
"at_nom_s": "",
"dat_d": "",
"dat_p": "",
"dat_s": "",
"diaspirate": "",
"gen_d": "",
"gen_p": "",
"gen_s": "",
"ins_d": "",
"ins_p": "",
"ins_s": "",
"loc_d": "",
"loc_p": "",
"loc_s": "",
"n": "",
"nocat": "",
"nom_d": "",
"nom_p": "",
"nom_s": "",
"note": "",
"novedic": "",
"participle": "",
"pronominal": "",
"r_stem_a": "ā",
"root": "",
"sc": "Deva",
"voc_d": "",
"voc_p": "",
"voc_s": ""
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "śréṣṭhā",
"abl_d": "",
"abl_p": "",
"abl_s": "",
"acc_d": "",
"acc_p": "",
"acc_s": "",
"ambig_final": "",
"dat_d": "",
"dat_p": "",
"dat_s": "",
"diaspirate": "",
"gen_d": "",
"gen_p": "",
"gen_s": "",
"ins_d": "",
"ins_p": "",
"ins_s": "",
"loc_d": "",
"loc_p": "",
"loc_s": "",
"n": "",
"nocat": "1",
"nom_d": "",
"nom_p": "",
"nom_s": "",
"note": "",
"novedic": "",
"pronominal": "",
"r_stem_a": "ā",
"root": "",
"sc": "Deva",
"voc_d": "",
"voc_p": "",
"voc_s": ""
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "śréṣṭha",
"abl_d": "",
"abl_p": "",
"abl_s": "",
"acc_d": "",
"acc_p": "",
"acc_s": "",
"adj": "1",
"ambig_final": "",
"at_nom_s": "",
"dat_d": "",
"dat_p": "",
"dat_s": "",
"diaspirate": "",
"gen_d": "",
"gen_p": "",
"gen_s": "",
"ins_d": "",
"ins_p": "",
"ins_s": "",
"loc_d": "",
"loc_p": "",
"loc_s": "",
"n": "",
"nom_d": "",
"nom_p": "",
"nom_s": "",
"note": "",
"novedic": "",
"participle": "",
"pronominal": "",
"root": "",
"sc": "Deva",
"voc_d": "",
"voc_p": "",
"voc_s": ""
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "śréyas",
"word": "श्रेयस्"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit adjectives in Devanagari script",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.36.7",
"roman": "To you the most beautiful ornament has been assigned, the hymn of praise: Vājas and Ṛbhus, take joy therein!",
"text": "श्रेष्ठं वः पेशो अधि धायि दर्शतं स्तोमो वाजा ऋभवस्तं जुजुष्टन ।\nśreṣṭhaṃ vaḥ peśo adhi dhāyi darśataṃ stomo vājā ṛbhavastaṃ jujuṣṭana."
}
],
"glosses": [
"most beautiful, most splendid"
],
"id": "en-श्रेष्ठ-sa-adj-ABFHoo7d",
"links": [
[
"most",
"most"
],
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"splendid",
"splendid"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit adjectives in Devanagari script",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[Rudra is he] who is as bright as the Sun and shines like gold.\nThe excellent, the best among the Gods.",
"ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.5",
"roman": "śreṣṭho devānāṃ vasuḥ.",
"text": "यः शुक्र इव सूर्यो हिरण्यमिव रोचते ।\nश्रेष्ठो देवानां वसुः ॥\nyaḥ śukra iva sūryo hiraṇyamiva rocate."
}
],
"glosses": [
"best, chief, most excellent"
],
"id": "en-श्रेष्ठ-sa-adj-FkCDbsoa",
"links": [
[
"best",
"best"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
],
[
"most",
"most"
],
[
"excellent",
"excellent"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "वसिष्ठ"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɕɾɐ́jʂ.ʈʰɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕɾɐ́.jiʂ.ʈʰɐ/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɕɾeːʂ.ʈʰɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "श्रेष्ठ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem adjectives",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit adjectives",
"Sanskrit adjectives in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pi",
"2": "seṭṭha"
},
"expansion": "Pali: seṭṭha\n→ Khmer: សេដ្ឋ (seetthaʼ)\n→ Thai: เศรษฐ (sèet-tà-)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Pali: seṭṭha\n→ Khmer: សេដ្ឋ (seetthaʼ)\n→ Thai: เศรษฐ (sèet-tà-)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pra",
"2": "𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞"
},
"expansion": "Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "শ্রেষ্ঠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: শ্রেষ্ঠ (sreśṭho)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gu",
"2": "શ્રેષ્ઠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Gujarati: શ્રેષ્ઠ (śreṣṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Gujarati: શ્રેષ્ઠ (śreṣṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "inc-hnd",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindustani:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindustani:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ"
},
"expansion": "Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Hindi: श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ur",
"2": "سَرِیشْٹھ"
},
"expansion": "Urdu: سَرِیشْٹھ (sarīśṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Urdu: سَرِیشْٹھ (sarīśṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ (śrēṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ (śrēṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "ശ്രേഷ്ഠം",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: ശ്രേഷ്ഠം (śrēṣṭhaṁ)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: ശ്രേഷ്ഠം (śrēṣṭhaṁ)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ"
},
"expansion": "śreṣṭha",
"name": "xlit"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: śreṣṭha"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "श्रेष्ठ",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Devanagari script: श्रेष्ठ",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Devanagari script: श्रेष्ठ"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙",
"sclb": "1"
},
"expansion": "Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘙"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "or",
"2": "ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Odia: ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ (śreṣṭha)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Odia: ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ (śreṣṭha)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ (sreśaṭh)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ (sreśaṭh)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "శ్రేష్ఠము",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: శ్రేష్ఠము (śrēṣṭhamu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: శ్రేష్ఠము (śrēṣṭhamu)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inh",
"3": "iir-pro>*ćráyHištʰas>most beautiful",
"id": "best"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*ćráyHištʰas",
"4": "",
"5": "most beautiful"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ae",
"2": "𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀",
"3": "",
"4": "most beautiful"
},
"expansion": "Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (sraēšta, “most beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyHištʰas (“most beautiful”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (sraēšta, “most beautiful”).",
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{
"form": "śréṣṭha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "metrical Vedic sometimes śráyiṣṭha",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-adj-mfn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठौ",
"roman": "śréṣṭhau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठासः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭham",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठौ",
"roman": "śréṣṭhau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठा1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठान्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhān",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेन",
"roman": "śréṣṭhena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठैः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhaiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभिः1",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाय",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठेभ्यः",
"roman": "śréṣṭhebhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठात्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhāt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "श्रेष्ठाभ्याम्",
"roman": "śréṣṭhābhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
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