हिरण्य

Sanskrit

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).

हिरण्य • (híraṇya) n

gold
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
any vessel or ornament made of gold (as 'a golden spoon')
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
a gold piece or coin
a particular measure
the Datura or thorn apple

Neuter a-stem declension of हिरण्य (híraṇya)
	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	¹Vedic

Pali: hirañña
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- Sinhalese: රන් (ran)
- Dhivehi: ރަން (ran̊)

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