नरसिंह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.sɪŋɡʱ/, [nɐɾ.sɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

Proper noun

नरसिंह • (narsĩh) m

1. (Hinduism) Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu

Declension

Declension of नरसिंह (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	नरसिंह narsĩh
oblique	नरसिंह narsĩh
vocative	नरसिंह narsĩh

Sanskrit

Etymology

Compound of नर (nára, “man”) +‎ सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɾɐ.sĩ.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ɾɐˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

नरसिंह • (narasiṃhá) stem, m

1. ‘man-lion’, great warrior
2. fourth avatar of Vishnu
3. name of the father of king भैरव

Descendants

• → Bengali: নরসিংহ (norsiṁho)
• → Gujarati: નરસિંહ (narsĩh)
• → Hindi: नरसिंह (narsĩh)
• → Indonesian: narasinga
• → Kannada: ನರಸಿಂಹ (narasiṃha)
• → Thai: นรสิงห์

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नरसिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 529/2.