Hindi

Noun

शव • ‎(śav) m ‎(Urdu spelling شو)

1. corpse, dead body

   मलबे के नीचे से कई शव मिले।‎ ― malbe ke nīce se kaī śav mile. ― Many dead bodies were recovered from the debris.

   नेताजी का शव भारत लाया गया।‎ ― netājī kā śav bhārat lāyā gayā. ― The dead body of the leader was brought to India.

Synonyms

• लाश ‎(lāś)

Derived terms

• शवदाह ‎(śav-dāh, “cremation”)
• शवस्थान ‎(śav-sthān, “crematorium”)
• शवपरीक्षा ‎(śav-parīkṣhā, “autopsy, post-mortem”)
• शवशाला ‎(śav-śālā, “mortuary”)
• शवसंस्कार ‎(śav-sanskār, “funeral rites”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• शव in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)