किंनर
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[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কিংনৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬶᬂᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
- কিংনর (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰰𑰽𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ကိံနရ (Burmese script)
- કિંનર (Gujarati script)
- ਕਿਂਨਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦶꦁꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂱𑂁𑂢𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಿಂನರ (Kannada script)
- កិំនរ (Khmer script)
- ກິໍນຣ (Lao script)
- കിംനര (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡬᡳᠨᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘱𑘽𑘡𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᢉᠢᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧒𑧞𑧁𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐶𑑄𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
- କିଂନର (Odia script)
- ꢒꢶꢀꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆴𑆁𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖰𑖽𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කිංනර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩑𑪖𑩯𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚮𑚫𑚝𑚤 (Takri script)
- கிஂநர (Tamil script)
- కింనర (Telugu script)
- กิํนร (Thai script)
- ཀིཾ་ན་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒱𑓀𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨁𑨸𑨝𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of किम् (kim) + नर (nara).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]किंनर • (kiṃnara) stem, m
- a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, originally perhaps a kind of monkey)
- (Late Sanskrit) a gandharva or a celestial chorister, celebrated as a musician (also attached to the service of kubera and (Jainism) one of the eight orders of the vyantaras)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of किंनर (kiṃnara) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | किंनरः kiṃnaraḥ |
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹ kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹ |
किंनराः / किंनरासः¹ kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | किंनर kiṃnara |
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹ kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹ |
किंनराः / किंनरासः¹ kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | किंनरम् kiṃnaram |
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹ kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹ |
किंनरान् kiṃnarān |
| Instrumental | किंनरेण kiṃnareṇa |
किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām |
किंनरैः / किंनरेभिः¹ kiṃnaraiḥ / kiṃnarebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | किंनराय kiṃnarāya |
किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām |
किंनरेभ्यः kiṃnarebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | किंनरात् kiṃnarāt |
किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām |
किंनरेभ्यः kiṃnarebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | किंनरस्य kiṃnarasya |
किंनरयोः kiṃnarayoḥ |
किंनराणाम् kiṃnarāṇām |
| Locative | किंनरे kiṃnare |
किंनरयोः kiṃnarayoḥ |
किंनरेषु kiṃnareṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “किंनर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283, column 1.