हिमालय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.ləj/, [ɦɪ.mäː.lɐj], /ɦɪ.mɑː.lɛ/, [ɦɪ.mäː.lɛ]

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālay) m (Urdu spelling ہمالیہ)

1. the Himalayas

Declension

Declension of हिमालय (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	हिमालय himālay
oblique	हिमालय himālay
vocative	हिमालय himālay

Related terms

• आलय (ālay)
• हिम (him)

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦimälʌe]
• Phonetic Devanagari: हिमालए

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālaya)

1. the Himalayas

Declension

Declension of हिमालय
	Singular	Plural
nominative	हिमालय [ɦimälʌe]	हिमालयहरू [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾu]
accusative	हिमालयलाई [ɦimälʌeläi]	हिमालयहरूलाई [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	हिमालयले [ɦimälʌele]	हिमालयहरूले [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾule]
dative	हिमालयलाई [ɦimälʌeläi]	हिमालयहरूलाई [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾuläi]
ablative	हिमालयबाट [ɦimälʌebäʈʌ]	हिमालयहरूबाट [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	हिमालयको [ɦimälʌeko]	हिमालयहरूको [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾuko]
locative	हिमालयमा [ɦimälʌemä]	हिमालयहरूमा [ɦimälʌe̤ːɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Related terms

• हिउँ (hiũ)
• हिम (him)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিমালয় (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬫᬵᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• হিমালয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိမာလယ (Burmese script)
• હિમાલય (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਮਾਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦩꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂰𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಮಾಲಯ (Kannada script)
• ហិមាលយ (Khmer script)
• ຫິມາລຍ (Lao script)
• ഹിമാലയ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧑𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ହିମାଲଯ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢪꢵꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• හිමාලය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩛𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஹிமாலய (Tamil script)
• హిమాలయ (Telugu script)
• หิมาลย (Thai script)
• ཧི་མཱ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨊𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of हिम (hima, “snow, frost”) +‎ आलय (ālaya, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦi.mɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālaya) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. the Himalayas
2. (Hinduism, mythology) Himalaya, the personified range, husband of Menaka and father of Parvati (wife of Shiva) and Ganga (the personified Ganges)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हिमालय

	singular
nominative	हिमालयः (himālayaḥ)
accusative	हिमालयम् (himālayam)
instrumental	हिमालयेन (himālayena)
dative	हिमालयाय (himālayāya)
ablative	हिमालयात् (himālayāt)
genitive	हिमालयस्य (himālayasya)
locative	हिमालये (himālaye)
vocative	हिमालय (himālaya)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 喜馬拉雅 / 喜马拉雅
• → Tamil: இமயம் (imayam), இமாலயம் (imālayam)
• → Tibetan: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya)
• → Assamese: হিমালয় (himaloy) (learned)
• → Bengali: হিমালয় (himaloẏ) (learned)
• → Gujarati: હિમાલય (himālya) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: हिमालय (himālay)

  Urdu: ہمالے (himāle)

• → Malayalam: ഹിമാലയം (himālayaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: हिमालय (himālay) (learned)
• → Nepali: हिमालय (himālaya) (learned)
• → Odia: ହିମାଳୟ (himāḷaya) (learned)
• → Telugu: హిమాలయము (himālayamu), హిమాలయం (himālayaṁ) (learned)
• → Urdu: ہمالیہ (himāliya) (semi-learned)
  • → Arabic: هِمَالِيَة (himāliya)
• → English: Himalaya, Himmaleh (learned)

  ⇒ English: Himalayas

• → German: Himalaja (learned)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “himālaya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Monier Williams (1899), “हिमालय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1299.