𑀲𑀻𑀳

See also: 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀸, 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀼, and 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• sīha (Latin script)
• सीह (Devanagari script)
• সীহ (Bengali script)
• සීහ (Sinhalese script)
• သီဟ or သဳဟ or သီႁ (Burmese script)
• สีห or สีหะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩦᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ສີຫ or ສີຫະ (Lao script)
• សីហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄩𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀲𑀻𑀳 m

1. Brahmi script form of sīha (“lion”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀲𑀻𑀳" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 (sīho)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)
Accusative (second)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀁 (sīhaṃ)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe)
Instrumental (third)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀦 (sīhena)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sīhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀬 (sīhāya) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (sīhatthaṃ)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sīhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (sīhasmā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (sīhamhā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (sīhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (sīhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (sīhasmiṃ) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (sīhamhi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sīhesu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha), Pali sīha.

Noun

𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) m (Devanagari सीह, Kannada ಸೀಹ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)

1. lion

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 (sīho)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)
Accusative	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀁 (sīhaṃ)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡 (sīheṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (sīheṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sīhehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀅 (sīhāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀑 (sīhāo) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀉 (sīhāu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sīhāhi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sīhāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡 (sīhāṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sīhāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (sīhammi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sīhesu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sīhesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)	𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 188.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 25.