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): /ɦiˈmɑː.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 (himālaya)
	Singular
Nominative	हिमालयः himālayaḥ
Vocative	हिमालय himālaya
Accusative	हिमालयम् himālayam
Instrumental	हिमालयेन himālayena
Dative	हिमालयाय himālayāya
Ablative	हिमालयात् himālayāt
Genitive	हिमालयस्य himālayasya
Locative	हिमालये himālaye

Descendants

• → Chinese: 喜馬拉雅 / 喜马拉雅
• → Tamil: இமயம் (imayam)
• → 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.