अग्नि

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आग (āg). First attested as Old Hindi अग्नि (agni).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.niː/,

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अग्नि • (agni) m (Urdu spelling اگنی)

1. (Hinduism) Agni

अग्नि • (agni) f (Urdu spelling اگنی)

1. (formal) fire

   Synonyms: आग (āg), आतिश (ātiś)

• अग्नी (agnī)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आग (āg). Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī).

• IPA^(key): /əɡ.ni/,

अग्नि • (agni) m

1. (Hinduism) Agni (Hindu deity of fire)

अग्नि • (agni) m

1. (formal) fire

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आगो (āgo).

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: अग्नि

अग्नि • (agni)

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

अग्नि • (agni)

1. fire

   Synonym: आगो (āgo)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

अग्नि (agni) f

1. fire

• Hindi: अग्नि (agni)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís. Cognate with Latin ignis, Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ), ⱁⰳⱀⱐ (ognĭ).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɡ.ní/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɡ.n̪i/

अग्नि • (agní) stem, m

1. Agni, god of fire
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:

     अ॒ग्निम्ई॒ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विजं॑ ।
     होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मं ॥

     agnímīḷé puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjaṃ.
     hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamaṃ.

     I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation (to the gods), and is the possessor of great wealth.

अग्नि • (agní) stem, m

1. fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, गार्हपत्य (gārhapatya), आहवनीय (āhavanīya), and दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa))
2. the number three
3. the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid
4. bile
5. gold
6. name of various plants; Semecarpus anacardium, Plumbago zeylanica, Plumbago indica, Citrus aurantifolia
7. mystical substitute for the letter r
8. in the कातन्त्र (kātantra) grammar, name of noun-stems ending in i and u

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/)
  • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), 𑀅𑀕𑀡𑀺 (agaṇi), 𑀅𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀺 (agiṇi) (see there for further descendants)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:
    • Arabic script: اۆگُن (ogun)
    • Devanagari script: ऒगुन (ogun)
• Gandhari: 𐨀𐨒𐨁 (agi)
• Pali: aggi, aggini, gini
  • → Khmer: អគ្គិ (ʼakkiʼ) (learned)
  • → Lao: ອັກຄີ (ʼak khī) (learned)
  • → Thai: อัคคี (àk-kii) (learned)
• → Assamese: অগ্নি (ogni)
• → Bengali: অগ্নি (ogni) (learned)
• → English: Agni
• → Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: अगन (agan) (semi-learned)
  • → Urdu: اگن (agan) (semi-learned)
• → Hindustani:
  • → Old Hindi: अग्नि (agni) (learned)
    • Hindi: अग्नि (agni)
  • → Urdu: اگنی (agni) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: agni, gĕni
  • Javanese: ꦲꦒ꧀ꦤꦶ (agni)
  • → Balinese: ᬅᬕ᭄ᬦᬶ (agni)
  • Javanese: ꦒꦼꦤꦶ (geni)
  • → Balinese: ᬕᭂᬦᬶ (geni)
• → Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni)
• → Lao: ອັກຄະນີ (ʼak kha nī)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: अग्न (agna), अग्नि (agni), अज्ञी (ajñī)

  Modi script: 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī)

  • → Marathi: अग्नि (agni), अग्नी (agnī)
• → Odia: ଅଗ୍ନି (agni)
• → Marwari: अगन (agan), अगनी (agnī)
• → Russian: Агни́ (Agní)
• → Rohingya: ooin
• → Sylheti: ꠀꠉꠥꠁꠘ (aguin)
• → Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi), அக்னி (akṉi)
• → Malayalam: അഗ്നി (agni)
• → Telugu: అగ్ని (agni)
• → Thai: อัคนี (àk-ká-nii)

• Monier Williams (1899) “अग्नि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0005.