हँसिया

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हंसिया (hansiyā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अंसिय (aṃsiya), अंस्य (aṃsya, “belonging to the shoulder”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Gujarati હાંસવો (hā̃svo, “spade”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə̃.sɪ.jɑː/, [ɦɐ̃.si.jäː]

Noun

हँसिया • (hãsiyā) m (Urdu spelling ہنسیا)

1. sickle

   हँसिया और हथौड़ा ― hãsiyā aur hathauṛā ― hammer and sickle

Declension

Declension of हँसिया (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हँसिया hãsiyā	हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye
oblique	हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye	हँसियों hãsiyõ
vocative	हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye	हँसियो hãsiyo

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “áṁsiya-, áṁsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हँसिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press