सिंह

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

• सिंघ (sĩṅgh)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sĩːɦ/, [sĩːʱ]

Noun

सिंह • (sĩṅh) 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

• সিংহ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬶᬂᬳ (Balinese script)
• সিংহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• သိံဟ (Burmese script)
• સિંહ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਿਂਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦶꦁꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಿಂಹ (Kannada script)
• សិំហ (Khmer script)
• ສິໍຫ (Lao script)
• സിംഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴 (Newa script)
• ସିଂହ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢶꢀꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮 (Siddham script)
• සිංහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஸிஂஹ (Tamil script)
• సింహ (Telugu script)
• สิํห (Thai script)
• སིཾ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱 (Zanabazar Square 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): /sĩ.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) stem, 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

• → Assamese: সিংহ (xiṅho)
  • → Karbi: hingho
  • → Mising: ইংগ (iṅgo)
• → Bengali: সিংহ (śiṅho)
  • → Kokborok: singho
• → Bhojpuri: सिंह (sinh)
• → Bishnupriya Manipuri: সিংহ
• → Gujarati: સિંહ (sĩh)
• → Hindi: सिंह (sĩh), سنہ (sĩṅh)
• → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)
• → Khmer: សឹង្ហ (səng)
• → Lao: ສິງ (sing)
• , ,
  • → Old Tamil:
    • Tamil: சிங்கம் (ciṅkam)
• → Classical Malay: [Term?]
  • Malay: singa
    • → Bau Bidayuh: singa
    • → Central Melanau: singa
    • Indonesian: singa
      • → Nalca: singa
    • → Maranao: singa
• → Malayalam: സിംഹം (siṁhaṁ)
• → Marathi: सिंह (siuha)
• → Nepali: सिंह (siṅha)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (siṅha)
  • Javanese: ꦱꦶꦔ (singa)
  • → Sundanese: ᮞᮤᮍ (singa)
• → Odia: ସିଂହ (siṁha)
• Pali: sīha
  • → Burmese: သိဟ် (sih)
  • • Khmer: សីហា (səyhaa), សីហៈ (səyhaʼ)
    • → Shan: သီႇႁႃႉ (sìi hâ̰a)
    • → Thai: สีห์ (sǐi), สีหะ
• • Old Hindi:
    • Hindi: सिंघ (siṅgh), سنگھ (siṅgh)
• → Sinhalese: සිංහය (siṁhaya)
• → Telugu: సింహము (siṁhamu)
• → Thai: สิงห์ (sǐng)
• Tibetan: སེངྒེ (sengge)
• → Tulu: ಸಿಂಹ (siṃha)

Proper noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) stem, 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 (sāhi-deva))
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, page 1213.