सिंह

See also: साही, सही, सह, सेही, and सौंह

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सिंघ (siṅgh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɪŋɡʱ/, [s̪ɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

Noun

सिंह • (siṅh) m (Urdu spelling سنہ‎)

1. lion
2. (astronomy) The constellation Leo
3. (astrology) A Leo

Declension

Declension of सिंह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सिंह siṅh	सिंह siṅh
oblique	सिंह siṅh	सिंहों siṅhõ
vocative	सिंह siṅh	सिंहो siṅho

Synonyms

• शेर (śer)

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Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siŋɦʌ], [sĩɦʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: सिङ्ह, or सिंह

Noun

सिंह • (siṅha)

1. lion
2. (astronomy) The constellation Leo
3. (astrology) A Leo

See also

Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) ♈︎	वृष (vr̥ṣ) ♉︎	मिथुन (mithun) ♊︎	कर्कट (karkaṭ) ♋︎
सिंह (siṅha) ♌︎	कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎	तुला (tulā) ♎︎	वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik) ♏︎
धनु (dhanu) ♐︎	मकर (makar) ♑︎	कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎	मीन (mīn) ♓︎

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬶᬂᬳ (Balinese script)
• সিংহ (Assamese script)
• সিংহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹 (Grantha script)
• સિંહ (Gujarati script)
• ꦱꦶꦁꦲ (Javanese script)
• សិំហ (Khmer script)
• ಸಿಂಹ (Kannada script)
• ສິໍຫ (Lao script)
• 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮 (Modi script)
• သိံဟ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴 (Newa script)
• ସିଂହ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢶꢀꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮 (Siddham script)
• సింహ (Telugu script)
• สิํห (Thai script)
• སིཾཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰo-, ultimately a borrowing from a Central Asian substrate language. Cognate with Old Armenian ինձ (inj).

Pronunciation

• (Rigveda) IPA^(key): /sin.ɦɐ́/, /sĩ.ɦɐ́/
• (Yajurveda chanting) IPA^(key): /si.ɡm̩.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) m

1. the lion
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.4:

     रथीव कशयाश्वाँ अभिक्षिपन्नाविर्दूतान्कृणुते वर्ष्याँ अह ।
     दूरात्सिंहस्य स्तनथा उदीरते यत्पर्जन्यः कृणुते वर्ष्यं नभः ॥

     rathīva kaśayāśvām̐ abhikṣipannāvirdūtānkṛṇute varṣyām̐ aha .
     dūrātsiṃhasya stanathā udīrate yatparjanyaḥ kṛṇute varṣyaṃ nabhaḥ .

     Like a car-driver whipping on his horses, he makes the messengers of rain spring forward.
     The roaring of the lion resounds from far when Parjanya fills the sky with rain-cloud.

2. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
3. hero, eminent person
4. a particular form of temple
5. a particular place prepared for the building of a house
6. a Moringa with red flowers
7. (music) a kind of tune
8. the symbol or emblem of the 24th arhat of the present avasarpini

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सिंह (siṃhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सिंहः siṃháḥ	सिंहौ siṃhaú	सिंहाः / सिंहासः¹ siṃhā́ḥ / siṃhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सिंह síṃha	सिंहौ síṃhau	सिंहाः / सिंहासः¹ síṃhāḥ / síṃhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सिंहम् siṃhám	सिंहौ siṃhaú	सिंहान् siṃhā́n
Instrumental	सिंहेन siṃhéna	सिंहाभ्याम् siṃhā́bhyām	सिंहैः / सिंहेभिः¹ siṃhaíḥ / siṃhébhiḥ¹
Dative	सिंहाय siṃhā́ya	सिंहाभ्याम् siṃhā́bhyām	सिंहेभ्यः siṃhébhyaḥ
Ablative	सिंहात् siṃhā́t	सिंहाभ्याम् siṃhā́bhyām	सिंहेभ्यः siṃhébhyaḥ
Genitive	सिंहस्य siṃhásya	सिंहयोः siṃháyoḥ	सिंहानाम् siṃhā́nām
Locative	सिंहे siṃhé	सिंहयोः siṃháyoḥ	सिंहेषु siṃhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• सिंहकेसर (siṃhakesara)
• सिंहदंष्ट्र (siṃhadaṃṣṭra)
• सिंहद्वार (siṃhadvāra)
• सिंहपुर (siṃhapura)
• सिंहबल (siṃhabala)
• सिंहवाहिनी (siṃhavāhinī)
• सिंहाचल (siṃhācala)
• सिंहासन (siṃhāsana)
• सिंहास्य (siṃhāsya)
• सिंहिका (siṃhikā)

 

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha)
• → Assamese: সিংহ (xiṅho)
  • → Karbi: hingho
  • → Mising: ইংগ (iṅgo)
• → Bengali: সিংহ (śiṅh)
  • → Kokborok: singho
• → Bhojpuri: सिंह (sinh)
• → Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিংহ
• → Gondi: చిహొ (ciho)
• → Gujarati: સિંહ (sĩh)
• → Hindi: सिंह (sĩh), سنہ‎ (siṅh)
• → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)
• → Khmer: សឹង្ហ (səng)
• → Lao: ສິງ (sing)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (siṃha)
• → Classical Malay: [Term?]
  • Malay: singa
    • → Bau Bidayuh: singa
    • → Central Melanau: singa
    • Indonesian: singa
      • → Nalca: singa
    • → Maranao: singa
• → Malayalam: സിംഹം (siṃhaṃ)
• → Marathi: सिंह (siuha)
• → Nepali: सिंह (siṅha)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (siṅha)
  • Javanese: ꦱꦶꦔ (singa)
  • → Sundanese: ᮞᮤᮍ (singa)
• → Oriya: ସିଂହ (siṃhô)
• Pali: sīha
  • → Burmese: သိဟ် (sih)
  • → Old Khmer: [script needed] (siṅha)
    • Khmer: សីហា (səyhaa), សីហៈ (səyhaʼ)
    • → Shan: သီႇႁႃႉ (sìi hâ̰a)
    • → Thai: สีห์ (sǐi), สีหะ
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)
  • Old Hindi: [Term?]
    • Hindi: सिंघ (siṅgh), سنگھ‎ (siṅgh)
  • Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh)
• → Sinhalese: සිංහය (siṁhaya)
• → Tamil: சிங்கம் (ciṅkam)
• → Telugu: సింహము (siṁhamu)
• → Thai: สิงห์ (sǐng)
• → Tibetan: སེངྒེ (sengge)
• → Tulu: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)

Proper noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) m

1. name of a son of Krishna
2. name of a king of the Vidyadharas
3. name of a king (the father of साहिदेव (sāhideva))
4. name of the Venkata mountain
5. (with आचार्य (ācārya)) name of an astronomer
6. name of various other persons
7. a particular mythical bird

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “सिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1213.