शश

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • hare, rabbit
  • antelope
  • a kind of meteor
  • name of a man born under a particular constellation
  • a man of mild character and easily led (one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being अश्व (अश्व), मृग (मृग) and वृषन् (वृषन्))
  • the लोध्र (लोध्र) tree,
  • gum-myrrh
  • name of a part of जम्बुद्वीप (tr=Jambu-dvīpa)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćasás (hare) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (hare, grey).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱeh₂s-

Gloss

hare, grey

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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