हिङ्गु

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Iranian *Hángwr̥ (extract, resin), with an unexpected shift from *a to i, from the derivation *Hanguǰatu of which Iranian terms for asafoetida derive.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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हिङ्गु (hiṅgú) stemm [1]

  1. asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida)
  2. a kind of liquid made from the roots of asafoetida

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of हिङ्गु (hiṅgu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हिङ्गुः
hiṅguḥ
हिङ्गू
hiṅgū
हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Vocative हिङ्गो
hiṅgo
हिङ्गू
hiṅgū
हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Accusative हिङ्गुम्
hiṅgum
हिङ्गू
hiṅgū
हिङ्गून्
hiṅgūn
Instrumental हिङ्गुना / हिङ्ग्वा¹
hiṅgunā / hiṅgvā¹
हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām
हिङ्गुभिः
hiṅgubhiḥ
Dative हिङ्गवे
hiṅgave
हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām
हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Ablative हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ
हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām
हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Genitive हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ
हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ
हिङ्गूनाम्
hiṅgūnām
Locative हिङ्गौ
hiṅgau
हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ
हिङ्गुषु
hiṅguṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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Borrowed terms

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References

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  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “हिङ्गु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298.
  2. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾynkw”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 87b

Further reading

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