हिरण्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হিৰণ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬶᬭᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- হিরণ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰰𑰨𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဟိရဏျ (Burmese script)
- હિરણ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌿𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦶꦫꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂱𑂩𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಹಿರಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ហិរណ្យ (Khmer script)
- ຫິຣຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ഹിരണ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡳᡵᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘱𑘨𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠢᠷᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧒𑧈𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐶𑐬𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ହିରଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢶꢬꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆴𑆫𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖰𑖨𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- හිරණ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩑𑩼𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚮𑚤𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஹிரண்ய (Tamil script)
- హిరణ్య (Telugu script)
- หิรณฺย (Thai script)
- ཧི་ར་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒱𑒩𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨁𑨫𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰr̥Hanyam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃-en-yo-m, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow, golden”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬦𐬌𐬌𐬀 (zarańiia, “gold”), Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎴𐎹 (d-r-n-y /daraniya/, “gold”), Russian жёлтый (žóltyj, “yellow”), Old English ġeolu (whence English yellow), English gold. Also related to हरि (hári).
Pronunciation
Noun
हिरण्य • (híraṇya) n
- gold
- any vessel or ornament made of gold (as 'a golden spoon')
- a gold piece or coin
- a particular measure
- the Datura or thorn apple
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of हिरण्य (híraṇya) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | हिरण्यम् híraṇyam |
हिरण्ये híraṇye |
हिरण्यानि / हिरण्या¹ híraṇyāni / híraṇyā¹ |
Vocative | हिरण्य híraṇya |
हिरण्ये híraṇye |
हिरण्यानि / हिरण्या¹ híraṇyāni / híraṇyā¹ |
Accusative | हिरण्यम् híraṇyam |
हिरण्ये híraṇye |
हिरण्यानि / हिरण्या¹ híraṇyāni / híraṇyā¹ |
Instrumental | हिरण्येन híraṇyena |
हिरण्याभ्याम् híraṇyābhyām |
हिरण्यैः / हिरण्येभिः¹ híraṇyaiḥ / híraṇyebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | हिरण्याय híraṇyāya |
हिरण्याभ्याम् híraṇyābhyām |
हिरण्येभ्यः híraṇyebhyaḥ |
Ablative | हिरण्यात् híraṇyāt |
हिरण्याभ्याम् híraṇyābhyām |
हिरण्येभ्यः híraṇyebhyaḥ |
Genitive | हिरण्यस्य híraṇyasya |
हिरण्ययोः híraṇyayoḥ |
हिरण्यानाम् híraṇyānām |
Locative | हिरण्ये híraṇye |
हिरण्ययोः híraṇyayoḥ |
हिरण्येषु híraṇyeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: hirañña
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Synonyms
- सुवर्ण (suvárṇa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हिरण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1299.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 816
Categories:
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
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