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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəs.t̪ɪ.niː/,
Noun
हस्तिनी • (hastinī) f (masculine हस्ती)
- A female elephant.
- Synonym: हथिनी (hathinī)
Declension
Declension of हस्तिनी (fem ī-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हस्तिनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “हस्तिनी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हस्तिनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hastin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press