सिंह
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- सिंघ (siṅgh)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
सिंह • (siṅh) m (Urdu spelling سنہ)
Declension[edit]
Declension of सिंह (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
- शेर (śer)
Nepali[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
सिंह • (siṅha)
See also[edit]
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मेष (meṣ) ♈︎ | वृष (vr̥ṣ) ♉︎ | मिथुन (mithun) ♊︎ | कर्कट (karkaṭ) ♋︎ | ||||||||
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सिंह (siṅha) ♌︎ | कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎ | तुला (tulā) ♎︎ | वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik) ♏︎ | ||||||||
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धनु (dhanu) ♐︎ | मकर (makar) ♑︎ | कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎ | मीन (mīn) ♓︎ |
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- (Rigveda) IPA(key): /sin.ɦɐ́/, /sĩ.ɦɐ́/
- (Yajurveda chanting) IPA(key): /si.ɡm̩.ɦɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/
Noun[edit]
सिंह • (siṃhá) m
- 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.
- rathīva kaśayāśvām̐ abhikṣipannāvirdūtānkṛṇute varṣyām̐ aha .
- रथीव कशयाश्वाँ अभिक्षिपन्नाविर्दूतान्कृणुते वर्ष्याँ अह ।
- (astrology) the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
- hero, eminent person
- a particular form of temple
- a particular place prepared for the building of a house
- a Moringa with red flowers
- (music) a kind of tune
- the symbol or emblem of the 24th arhat of the present avasarpini
Declension[edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of सिंह (siṃhá) | |||
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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 |
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Derived terms[edit]
- सिंहकेसर (siṃhakesara)
- सिंहदंष्ट्र (siṃhadaṃṣṭra)
- सिंहद्वार (siṃhadvāra)
- सिंहपुर (siṃhapura)
- सिंहबल (siṃhabala)
- सिंहवाहिनी (siṃhavāhinī)
- सिंहाचल (siṃhācala)
- सिंहासन (siṃhāsana)
- सिंहास्य (siṃhāsya)
- सिंहिका (siṃhikā)
Descendants[edit]
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha)
- → Assamese: সিংহ (xiṅho)
- → 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?]
- → Malayalam: സിംഹം (siṃhaṃ)
- → Marathi: सिंह (siuha)
- → Nepali: सिंह (siṅha)
- → Old Javanese: [script needed] (siṅha)
- → Oriya: ସିଂହ (siṃhô)
- Pali: sīha
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)
- → Sinhalese: සිංහය (siṁhaya)
- → Tamil: சிங்கம் (ciṅkam)
- → Telugu: సింహము (siṁhamu)
- → Thai: สิงห์ (sǐng)
- → Tibetan: སེངྒེ (sengge)
- → Tulu: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)
Proper noun[edit]
सिंह • (siṃhá) m
- name of a son of Krishna
- name of a king of the Vidyadharas
- name of a king (the father of साहिदेव (sāhideva))
- name of the Venkata mountain
- (with आचार्य (ācārya)) name of an astronomer
- name of various other persons
- a particular mythical bird
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “सिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1213.
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