हिङ्गु

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Iranian *Hángwr̥ (“extract, resin”), with an unexpected shift from *a to i, from the derivation *Hanguǰatu of which Iranian terms for asafoetida derive.

Pronunciation

Noun

हिङ्गु • (hiṅgú) stem, m [1]

  1. asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida)
  2. a kind of liquid made from the roots of asafoetida

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of हिङ्गु (hiṅgu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हिङ्गुः
hiṅguḥ 		हिङ्गू
hiṅgū 		हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Vocative हिङ्गो
hiṅgo 		हिङ्गू
hiṅgū 		हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Accusative हिङ्गुम्
hiṅgum 		हिङ्गू
hiṅgū 		हिङ्गून्
hiṅgūn
Instrumental हिङ्गुना / हिङ्ग्वा¹
hiṅgunā / hiṅgvā¹ 		हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām 		हिङ्गुभिः
hiṅgubhiḥ
Dative हिङ्गवे
hiṅgave 		हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām 		हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Ablative हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ 		हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām 		हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Genitive हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ 		हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ 		हिङ्गूनाम्
hiṅgūnām
Locative हिङ्गौ
hiṅgau 		हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ 		हिङ्गुषु
hiṅguṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Borrowed terms

Terms borrowed from हिङ्गु (hiṅgu)

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “हिङ्गु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298.
  2. ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾynkw”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 87b

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