हीरक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka). Doublet of हीरा (hīrā) and हीर (hīr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦiː.ɾək/, [ɦiː.ɾɐk]

Noun

हीरक • (hīrak) m

1. (rare, formal) a diamond

Declension

Declension of हीरक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हीरक hīrak	हीरक hīrak
oblique	हीरक hīrak	हीरकों hīrakõ
vocative	हीरक hīrak	हीरको hīrako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हीरक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हीरक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हीरक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হীৰক (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬷᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
• হীরক (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰱𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဟီရက (Burmese script)
• હીરક (Gujarati script)
• ਹੀਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍀𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦷꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂲𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೀರಕ (Kannada script)
• ហីរក (Khmer script)
• ຫີຣກ (Lao script)
• ഹീരക (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᡳᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘲𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧓𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐷𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
• ହୀରକ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢷꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆵𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖱𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
• හීරක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚯𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஹீரக (Tamil script)
• హీరక (Telugu script)
• หีรก (Thai script)
• ཧཱི་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒲𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हीर (hīra) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦiː.ɾɐ.kɐ/

Noun

हीरक • (hīraka) stem, m or n

1. a diamond

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हीरक (hīraka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हीरकः hīrakaḥ	हीरकौ / हीरका¹ hīrakau / hīrakā¹	हीरकाः / हीरकासः¹ hīrakāḥ / hīrakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	हीरक hīraka	हीरकौ / हीरका¹ hīrakau / hīrakā¹	हीरकाः / हीरकासः¹ hīrakāḥ / hīrakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	हीरकम् hīrakam	हीरकौ / हीरका¹ hīrakau / hīrakā¹	हीरकान् hīrakān
Instrumental	हीरकेण hīrakeṇa	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकैः / हीरकेभिः¹ hīrakaiḥ / hīrakebhiḥ¹
Dative	हीरकाय hīrakāya	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकेभ्यः hīrakebhyaḥ
Ablative	हीरकात् hīrakāt	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकेभ्यः hīrakebhyaḥ
Genitive	हीरकस्य hīrakasya	हीरकयोः hīrakayoḥ	हीरकाणाम् hīrakāṇām
Locative	हीरके hīrake	हीरकयोः hīrakayoḥ	हीरकेषु hīrakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of हीरक (hīraka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हीरकम् hīrakam	हीरके hīrake	हीरकाणि / हीरका¹ hīrakāṇi / hīrakā¹
Vocative	हीरक hīraka	हीरके hīrake	हीरकाणि / हीरका¹ hīrakāṇi / hīrakā¹
Accusative	हीरकम् hīrakam	हीरके hīrake	हीरकाणि / हीरका¹ hīrakāṇi / hīrakā¹
Instrumental	हीरकेण hīrakeṇa	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकैः / हीरकेभिः¹ hīrakaiḥ / hīrakebhiḥ¹
Dative	हीरकाय hīrakāya	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकेभ्यः hīrakebhyaḥ
Ablative	हीरकात् hīrakāt	हीरकाभ्याम् hīrakābhyām	हीरकेभ्यः hīrakebhyaḥ
Genitive	हीरकस्य hīrakasya	हीरकयोः hīrakayoḥ	हीरकाणाम् hīrakāṇām
Locative	हीरके hīrake	हीरकयोः hīrakayoḥ	हीरकेषु hīrakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “हीरक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300, column 3.