शरीर

See also: शरीरों and शरीरो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Marathi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃə.ɾiːɾ/, [ʃɐ.ɾiːɾ]
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

शरीर • (śarīr) m (Urdu spelling شریر)

1. (anatomy) body, bodily frame

   Synonyms: तन (tan), जिस्म (jisma), बदन (badan), बॉडी (bŏḍī)

   तुम्हारा शरीर और आत्मा एक मंदिर है।

   tumhārā śarīr aur ātmā ek mandir hai.

   Your body and soul are a temple.

Declension

Declension of शरीर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शरीर śarīr	शरीर śarīr
oblique	शरीर śarīr	शरीरों śarīrõ
vocative	शरीर śarīr	शरीरो śarīro

Related terms

• शारीरिक (śārīrik, “bodily; corporeal; physical”, adjective)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शरीर (śarīra). Cognate with Gujarati શરીર (śarīr), Hindi शरीर (śarīr), Punjabi ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕə.ɾiɾ/, [ɕə.ɾiːɾ]

Noun

शरीर • (śarīr) n

1. (anatomy) body

   Synonyms: देह (deh), काया (kāyā), तनू (tanū), तन (tan)

   मानवी शरीर

   mānvī śarīr

   human body

2. one's body
3. bodily strength
4. corpse, dead body

Declension

Declension of शरीर (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	शरीर śarīr
direct plural	शरीरे, शरीरं śarīre, śarīra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	शरीर śarīr		शरीरे, शरीरं śarīre, śarīra
oblique सामान्यरूप	शरीरा śarīrā		शरीरां- śarīrān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	शरीराला śarīrālā		शरीरांना śarīrānnā
ergative	शरीराने, शरीरानं śarīrāne, śarīrāna		शरीरांनी śarīrānnī
instrumental	शरीराशी śarīrāśī		शरीरांशी śarīrānśī
locative सप्तमी	शरीरात śarīrāt		शरीरांत śarīrāt
vocative संबोधन	शरीरा śarīrā		शरीरांनो śarīrānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of शरीर (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	शरीराचा śarīrāċā	शरीराचे śarīrāċe	शरीराची śarīrācī	शरीराच्या śarīrācā	शरीराचे, शरीराचं śarīrāċe, śarīrāċa	शरीराची śarīrācī	शरीराच्या śarīrācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	शरीरांचा śarīrānċā	शरीरांचे śarīrānċe	शरीरांची śarīrāñcī	शरीरांच्या śarīrāncā	शरीरांचे, शरीरांचं śarīrānċe, śarīrānċa	शरीरांची śarīrāñcī	शरीरांच्या śarīrāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Related terms

• शारीरिक (śārīrik, “bodily; corporeal; physical”, adjective)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৰীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬭᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• শরীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰨𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ၐရီရ (Burmese script)
• શરીર (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਰੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦫꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂩𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಶರೀರ (Kannada script)
• ឝរីរ (Khmer script)
• ຨຣີຣ (Lao script)
• ശരീര (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡵᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘨𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠷᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧈𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐬𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଶରୀର (Odia script)
• ꢯꢬꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆫𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖨𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ශරීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚤𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஶரீர (Tamil script)
• శరీర (Telugu script)
• ศรีร (Thai script)
• ཤ་རཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒩𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably derived from शॄ (śṝ, “to crush, rend; to be worn out”).

Noun

शरीर • (śarīra) stem, n

1. body
2. bodily frame, solid parts of the body (in plural: the bones)
3. any solid body
4. one's body, i.e. one's own person
5. bodily strength
6. corpse, dead body

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शरीर (śarīra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शरीरम् śarīram	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Vocative	शरीर śarīra	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Accusative	शरीरम् śarīram	शरीरे śarīre	शरीराणि / शरीरा¹ śarīrāṇi / śarīrā¹
Instrumental	शरीरेण śarīreṇa	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरैः / शरीरेभिः¹ śarīraiḥ / śarīrebhiḥ¹
Dative	शरीराय śarīrāya	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरेभ्यः śarīrebhyaḥ
Ablative	शरीरात् śarīrāt	शरीराभ्याम् śarīrābhyām	शरीरेभ्यः śarīrebhyaḥ
Genitive	शरीरस्य śarīrasya	शरीरयोः śarīrayoḥ	शरीराणाम् śarīrāṇām
Locative	शरीरे śarīre	शरीरयोः śarīrayoḥ	शरीरेषु śarīreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಶರೀರ (śarīra)
• Pali: sarīra
• → Burmese: သရီရ (sa.rira.)
• → Bengali: শরীর (śorir)
• → Chinese: 舍利 (shèlì, shělì)
  • → Japanese: 舎利 (shari)
• → English: śarīra
• → Gujarati: શરીર (śarīr)
• → Hindi: शरीर (śarīr)
• → Marathi: शरीर (śarīr)
• → Nepali: शरीर (śarīra)
• → Old Javanese: śarīra
  • Javanese: ꦱꦫꦶꦫ (sarira), ꦯꦫꦷꦫ, ꦱꦭꦶꦫ (salira), ꦱ꧀ꦭꦶꦫ (slira)
    • → Indonesian: sarira
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬭᬷᬭ (sarira), ᬰ᭄ᬭᬷᬭ (srira)
• → Punjabi: ਸਰੀਰ (sarīr)
• → Sinhalese: ශරීරය (śarīraya)
• → Telugu: శరీరము (śarīramu)
• → Tamil: சரீரம் (carīram)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शरीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 618
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 307