# अभिषेक
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.bʱɪ.ʂeːk/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.ʃeːk]

### Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m (Urdu spelling اَبِھشیک)
* sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
* inauguration, consecration, investiture
    Synonym: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan)
* (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol

#### Declension
### Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
* a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभिषेक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभिषेक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘹𑘎 (abhīṣeka), from Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeká).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə.bʱi.ʂek/

### Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
* sprinkling, anointing (especially with sacred water)
* inauguration, consecration, investiture
    Synonyms: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan), प्रतिष्ठापना (pratiṣṭhāpnā)
* (Hinduism) the ceremonial bathing of an idol; offering made in connection with bathing an idol

#### Declension
### Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
* a male given name, Abhishek, from Sanskrit

### Further reading

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अभिषेक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अभिषेक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अभिषेक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अभिषेक”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌbisek]
* Phonetic Devanagari: अबिसेक्

### Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek)
* Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

### Proper noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣek) m
* Alternative spelling of अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)

### Further reading

* “अभिषेक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অভিষেক (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬪᬶᬱᬾᬓ (Balinese script)
* অভিষেক (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰥𑰰𑰬𑰸𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀱𑁂𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* အဘိၑေက (Burmese script)
* અભિષેક (Gujarati script)
* ਅਭਿਸ਼ੇਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌭𑌿𑌷𑍇𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦨꦶꦰꦺꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂦𑂱𑂭𑂵𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (Kannada script)
* អភិឞេក (Khmer script)
* ອຠິເຩກ (Lao script)
* അഭിഷേക (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢨᡳᢢᡝᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘥𑘱𑘬𑘹𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠪᠾᠢᢔᠧᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧅𑧒𑧌𑧚𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐨𑐶𑐲𑐾𑐎 (Newa script)
* ଅଭିଷେକ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢩꢶꢰꢾꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆨𑆴𑆰𑆼𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖥𑖰𑖬𑖸𑖎 (Siddham script)
* අභිෂෙක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩳𑩑𑪀𑩔𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚡𑚮𑚲𑚊 (Takri script)
* அபி⁴ஷேக (Tamil script)
* అభిషేక (Telugu script)
* อภิเษก (Thai script)
* ཨ་བྷི་ཥེ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒦𑒱𑒭𑒹𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨡𑨁𑨯𑨄𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अभि- (abhi-) +‎ सेक (séka).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.bʱi.ʂɐj.kɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.bʱiˈʂeː.kɐ/

### Noun

अभिषेक • (abhiṣeká) stem, m
* anointing, inaugurating or consecrating (by sprinkling water); inauguration of a king, royal unction
* the water or liquid used at an inauguration
* (Hinduism) abhisheka (the ceremonial bathing of an idol)

#### Descendants

* Pali: abhiseka
** → Burmese: ဘိသိက် (bhi.sik) (learned)
** → Khmer: អភិសេក (ʼaʼphisaek)
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀪𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀅 (abhisea)

#### Borrowed terms

* Bengali: অভিষেক (obhiśek)
* English: abhisheka
* Hindustani: abhiṣek
    Hindi: अभिषेक
    Urdu: اَبِھشیک (abhiśek)
* Kannada: ಅಭಿಷೇಕ (abhiṣēka)
* Nepali: अभिषेक् (abhiṣek)
* Old Javanese: abhiṣeka
* Old Khmer: ʼabhiṣeka, ʼabbhiseka
** → Thai: อภิเษก (à-pí-sèek)
* Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘹𑘎 (abhīṣeka)
** Marathi: अभिषेक (abhiṣek)
* Tamil: அபிஷேகம் (apiṣēkam)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “Abhi-sheká”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 71, column 1.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अभिषेक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “abhiṣēká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press