सिंह

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɪŋɡʱ/, [sɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

Noun

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सिंह (siṅhm (feminine सिंहनी, Urdu spelling سنہ)

  1. lion
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Leo
  3. (astrology) A Leo

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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Marathi

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Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siu.ɦə/
  • Hyphenation: सिं‧ह

Noun

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सिंह (siuham

  1. the lion
  2. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
  3. hero, eminent person

Declension

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Declension of सिंह (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
सिंह
siuha
direct
plural
सिंह
siuha
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
सिंह
siuha
सिंह
siuha
oblique
सामान्यरूप
सिंहा
siuhā
सिंहां-
siuhān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
सिंहाला
siuhālā
सिंहांना
siuhānnā
ergative सिंहाने, सिंहानं
siuhāne, siuhāna
सिंहांनी
siuhānnī
instrumental सिंहाशी
siuhāśī
सिंहांशी
siuhānśī
locative
सप्तमी
सिंहात
siuhāt
सिंहांत
siuhāt
vocative
संबोधन
सिंहा
siuhā
सिंहांनो
siuhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of सिंह (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
सिंहाचा
siuhāċā
सिंहाचे
siuhāċe
सिंहाची
siuhācī
सिंहाच्या
siuhācā
सिंहाचे, सिंहाचं
siuhāċe, siuhāċa
सिंहाची
siuhācī
सिंहाच्या
siuhācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
सिंहांचा
siuhānċā
सिंहांचे
siuhānċe
सिंहांची
siuhāñcī
सिंहांच्या
siuhāncā
सिंहांचे, सिंहांचं
siuhānċe, siuhānċa
सिंहांची
siuhāñcī
सिंहांच्या
siuhāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

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Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृषभ (vŕṣabh) मिथुन (mithun) कर्क (karka)
सिंह (siuha) कन्या (kanyā) तूळ (tūḷ) वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुंभ (kumbha) मीन (mīn)

Nepali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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सिंह (siṅha)

  1. lion
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Leo
  3. (astrology) A Leo

See also

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Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृष (vr̥ṣ) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कट (karkaṭ)
सिंह (siṅha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰós, ultimately a borrowing from a Central Asian substrate language. Cognate with Old Armenian ինձ (inj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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सिंह (siṃhá) stemm

  1. lion
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.3:
      र॒थीव॒ कश॒याश्वाँ॑ अभिक्षि॒पन्ना॒विर्दू॒तान्कृ॑णुते व॒र्ष्याँ॒३॒॑ अह॑।
      दू॒रात्सिं॒हस्य॑ स्त॒नथा॒ उदी॑रते॒ यत्प॒र्जन्य॑: कृणु॒ते व॒र्ष्यं१॒॑ नभ॑:॥
      rathī́va káśayā́śvām̐ abhikṣipánnāvírdūtā́nkṛṇute varṣyā̀m̐ áha.
      dūrā́tsiṃhásya stanáthā údīrate yátparjánya: kṛṇuté varṣyàṃ nábha:.
      Like a car-driver whipping on his horses, he makes the messengers of rain spring forward.
      The roaring of the lion resounds from far when Parjanya fills the sky with rain-cloud.
  2. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
  3. hero, eminent person
  4. a particular form of temple
  5. a particular place prepared for the building of a house
  6. a Moringa with red flowers
  7. (music) a kind of tune
  8. the symbol or emblem of the 24th arhat of the present avasarpini

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of सिंह (siṃhá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सिंहः
siṃháḥ
सिंहौ / सिंहा¹
siṃhaú / siṃhā́¹
सिंहाः / सिंहासः¹
siṃhā́ḥ / siṃhā́saḥ¹
Vocative सिंह
síṃha
सिंहौ / सिंहा¹
síṃhau / síṃhā¹
सिंहाः / सिंहासः¹
síṃhāḥ / síṃhāsaḥ¹
Accusative सिंहम्
siṃhám
सिंहौ / सिंहा¹
siṃhaú / siṃhā́¹
सिंहान्
siṃhā́n
Instrumental सिंहेन
siṃhéna
सिंहाभ्याम्
siṃhā́bhyām
सिंहैः / सिंहेभिः¹
siṃhaíḥ / siṃhébhiḥ¹
Dative सिंहाय
siṃhā́ya
सिंहाभ्याम्
siṃhā́bhyām
सिंहेभ्यः
siṃhébhyaḥ
Ablative सिंहात्
siṃhā́t
सिंहाभ्याम्
siṃhā́bhyām
सिंहेभ्यः
siṃhébhyaḥ
Genitive सिंहस्य
siṃhásya
सिंहयोः
siṃháyoḥ
सिंहानाम्
siṃhā́nām
Locative सिंहे
siṃhé
सिंहयोः
siṃháyoḥ
सिंहेषु
siṃhéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makara) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “सिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 727