हिमाचल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमाचल (himācala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.t͡ʃəl/, [ɦɪ.mäː.t͡ʃɐl]

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācal) m

1. snow-region

   हिमाचल प्रदेश

   himācal pradeś

   Himachal Pradesh

   (literally, “province of snow-region”)

Declension

Declension of हिमाचल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचल himācal
oblique	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचलों himācalõ
vocative	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचलो himācalo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিমাচল (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬫᬵᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
• হিমাচল (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိမာစလ (Burmese script)
• હિમાચલ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਮਾਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦩꦴꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂰𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಮಾಚಲ (Kannada script)
• ហិមាចល (Khmer script)
• ຫິມາຈລ (Lao script)
• ഹിമാചല (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᠮᠠᢗᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧑𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
• ହିମାଚଲ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢪꢵꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
• හිමාචල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩛𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஹிமாசல (Tamil script)
• హిమాచల (Telugu script)
• หิมาจล (Thai script)
• ཧི་མཱ་ཙ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨊𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हिम (hima, “frost, snow”) +‎ अचल (acala, “mountain, rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦi.mɑː.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦiˈmɑː.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācala) stem, m

1. ‘snow-mountain’, the Himalaya

Descendants

• → Bengali: হিমাচল (himacol) (learned)
• Hindi: हिमाचल (himācal)