अग्नि

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Proper noun

अग्नि • (Agni) m, Urdu spelling: اگنی

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

Noun

अग्नि • (agni) m, Urdu spelling اگنی

1. fire

Synonyms

• आग (āg)
• आतिश (ātiś)

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Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Proper noun

अग्नि (Agni) m

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

Noun

अग्नि (agni) m

1. fire

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Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Proper noun

अग्नि (Agni)

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

Noun

अग्नि • (agni)

1. fire

Synonyms

• आगो (āgo)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ngʷnis, *h₁ngʷni-. Cognate with Latin ignis, Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (a-ak-ni-iš), Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ).

Proper noun

अग्नि (Agní).

1. Agni, god of fire
   • RV 1.1.1a:

     अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवं रत्वीजम |

     होतारं रत्नधातमम ||

     agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devaṃ ṛtvījam |

     hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam ||

     I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,

     The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

Noun

अग्नि (agní) m

1. fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, गार्हपत्य (gārhapatya), आहवनीय (āhavanīya), and दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa))
2. the number three
3. the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid
4. bile
5. gold
6. name of various plants; Semicarpus anacardium, Plumbago zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus acida
7. mystical substitute for the letter r
8. in the कातन्त्र (kātantra) grammar, name of noun-stems ending in i and u

Declension

    Masculine i-stem declension of अग्नि

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अग्निः (agniḥ)	अग्नी (agnī)	अग्नयः (agnayaḥ)
Vocative	अग्ने (agne)	अग्नी (agnī)	अग्नयः (agnayaḥ)
Accusative	अग्निम् (agnim)	अग्नी (agnī)	अग्नीन् (agnīn)
Instrumental	अग्निना (agninā)	अग्निभ्याम् (agnibhyām)	अग्निभिः (agnibhiḥ)
Dative	अग्नये (agnaye)	अग्निभ्याम् (agnibhyām)	अग्निभ्यः (agnibhyaḥ)
Ablative	अग्नेः (agneḥ)	अग्निभ्याम् (agnibhyām)	अग्निभ्यः (agnibhyaḥ)
Genitive	अग्नेः (agneḥ)	अग्न्योः (agnyoḥ)	अग्नीनाम् (agnīnām)
Locative	अग्नौ (agnau)	अग्न्योः (agnyoḥ)	अग्निषु (agniṣu)

Descendants

Bengali: অগ্নি (ôgni), আগুন (agun) Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni) Hindi: अग्नि (agni), आग (āg) Javanese: geni Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni) Marathi: अग्नि (agni)

Nepali: अग्नि (agni), आगो (āgo) Romani: jag Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi) Telugu: అగ్ని (agni) Thai: อัคนี (akkhanii) Urdu: اگنی (agni), آگ (āg)

See also

• अथर्वन्

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0005