सिंह

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सिंघ (siṅgh)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnʱ/

Noun

सिंह • (siṅh) m (Urdu spelling سنہ‎)

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

Synonyms

• शेर (śer)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬶᬂᬳ (Balinese script)
• সিংহ (Bengali script)
• সিংহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹 (Grantha script)
• સિંહ (Gujarati script)
• ꦱꦶꦁꦲ (Javanese script)
• ಸಿಂಹ (Kannada script)
• သိံဟ (Burmese script)
• ସିଂହ (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢶꢀꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮 (Siddham script)
• సింహ (Telugu 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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ĩ.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) m

1. the lion
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
Nom. sg.	सिंहः (siṃhaḥ)
Gen. sg.	सिंहस्य (siṃhasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सिंहः (siṃhaḥ)	सिंहौ (siṃhau)	सिंहाः (siṃhāḥ)
Vocative	सिंह (siṃha)	सिंहौ (siṃhau)	सिंहाः (siṃhāḥ)
Accusative	सिंहम् (siṃham)	सिंहौ (siṃhau)	सिंहान् (siṃhān)
Instrumental	सिंहेन (siṃhena)	सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām)	सिंहैः (siṃhaiḥ)
Dative	सिंहाय (siṃhāya)	सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām)	सिंहेभ्यः (siṃhebhyaḥ)
Ablative	सिंहात् (siṃhāt)	सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām)	सिंहेभ्यः (siṃhebhyaḥ)
Genitive	सिंहस्य (siṃhasya)	सिंहयोः (siṃhayoḥ)	सिंहानाम् (siṃhānām)
Locative	सिंहे (siṃhe)	सिंहयोः (siṃhayoḥ)	सिंहेषु (siṃheṣu)

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 (singh)
  • → Kokborok: singho
• → Bhojpuri: सिंह (sinh)
• → Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিংহ
• → Gujarati: સિંહ (sĩh)
• → Hindi: सिंह (sinh), سنہ‎ (siṅh)
• → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)
• → Khmer: សឹង្ហ (səng)
• → Lao: ສິງ (sing)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (siṃha)
  • → Old Tamil: [Term?]
    • Tamil: சிங்கம் (ciṅkam)
• → Classical Malay: [Term?]
  • Malay: singa
    • → Bau Bidayuh: singa
    • → Central Melanau: singa
    • Indonesian: singa
      • → Nalca: singa
    • → Maranao: singa
• → Malayalam: സിംഹം (siṃhaṃ)
• → Marathi: सिंह (sinh)
• → Nepali: सिंह (sĩha)
• → 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 (səyhaʾ)
    • → 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)
• → Telugu: సింహము (siṃhamu)
• → 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.