Indo-Aryan śiṁśumā́ra [12426]

12426 śiṁśumā́ra m. 'porpoise, Delphinus gangeticus' RV., 'crocodile' Suśr., śiśumāra-, śuṁśu° VS. 2. śiṁśuka- (v.l. śiśuka-) m. 'an aquatic animal' MBh., 'porpoise' lex., śuśukā- f. BHS ii 531. [In addition to these forms cf. śiśū́la- m. 'dolphin' (associated with síndhumātr̥-), śuśulūka- m. 'a demonic creature' RV. See also śiśunāka-. — P. Thieme's derivation (Language 31, 442 ff.) from śiśum-āra- (-āra-: Lat. aleo, &c.) rejected by F. Edgerton JAOS 78, 43 ff. For meaning 'porpoise ~ crocodile' cf. S. ghaṛiālu 'porpoise' ~ H. ghaṛiyal 'crocodile'. Prob. non-Aryan lw. Also prob. from IA. → Ir. Kabuli Pers. šušmấr (→ Ormuri šūšmấr, Bal. šūšmār 'a large kind of lizard'), Ormuri samsīṣ̂ʳī IIFL i 408, Psht. samsā̆ra, sīmsār]

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Indo-Aryan	śiṁśumā́ra	porpoise, Delphinus gangeticus; crocodile	m; RV; Suśr	T1962—1966
Indo-Aryan	śiṁśuka	an aquatic animal; porpoise; dolphin; a demonic creature; porpoise ~ crocodile; porpoise; crocodile	(v.l. śiśuka-) m; MBh; lex; (associated with síndhumātr̥-), śuśulūka- m; RV; cf; ~ H	T1962—1966
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Pali	suṁsumāra	crocodile	m	T1962—1966
Prakrit	suṁsumāra		m	T1962—1966
Prakrit	susumāra		m	T1962—1966
Nuristani Kalasha	ʦuʦumī	lizard	(← Ind. NTS ii 198)	T1962—1966
Kashmiri	sūsᵃmār	porpoise	m	T1962—1966
Sindhi	sesaru	large crocodile or alligator	m	T1962—1966
Lahnda	sisār	crocodile	m	T1962—1966
Saraiki: Multan	sinsār			T1962—1966
	sansār		(Ju.)	T1962—1966
	sĩsār	Gavialis gangeticus	m	T1962—1966
Punjabi	sansār	crocodile	m	T1962—1966
Hindi-Urdu	sūsmār	porpoise, Delphinus gangeticus, a species of iguana	m; (in the last meaning ← Pers.?)	T1962—1966
Gujarati	sasumārũ	a kind of aquatic animal	n	T1962—1966
	susvāṛ			T1962—1966
	susvāḷ			T1962—1966
	sosvāṭ			T1962—1966
	sosvāḷ	crocodile	f	T1962—1966
Marathi	susvar		f	T1962—1966
Marathi	susar		f	T1962—1966
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Pali	susu	a kind of water animal	m	T1962—1966
Pali	susukā	crocodile	f	T1962—1966
Kumaoni	sus			T1962—1966
Kumaoni	suis			T1962—1966
Nepali	sus			T1962—1966
	suis			T1962—1966
	sos			T1962—1966
Assamese	xihu	porpoise, gangetic dolphin		T1962—1966
Bengali	susuk			T1962—1966
Hindi-Urdu	sūs			T1962—1966
Hindi-Urdu	sūis		m	T1962—1966
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Katë: Kamdesh	ʦaʦə́m	large lizard	GM 22	T1962—1966
Konkani	śisari	crocodile		T1962—1966
Unclassified
Kamviri	ʦāʦám /⁠t͡sɑt͡sə́m⁠/	large lizard [about 60 cm		S1997—2021
Nuristani Kalasha: Nisheigram	ʦɨʦɨmi /⁠t͡süt͡sümi⁠/	large lizard [about 60 cm		S1997—2021
Palula	śṓ̃bul /⁠ʃó̬̃bul⁠/	large lizard		S1997—2021

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Indo-Aryan śiṁśumā́ra [12426]

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