सिंह

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See also: साही, सही, सह, सेही, and सौंह

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

Noun

सिंह • (siṅh) m (feminine सिंहनी, Urdu spelling سنہ)

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

Declension

Declension of सिंह (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct सिंह
siṅh 		सिंह
siṅh
oblique सिंह
siṅh 		सिंहों
siṅhõ
vocative सिंह
siṅh 		सिंहो
siṅho

Synonyms

Further reading

Marathi

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सिंह • (siuha) m

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

Declension

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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

Noun

सिंह • (siṅha)

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

See also

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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Etymology

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

Noun

सिंह • (siṃhá) stem, m

  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

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

Descendants

See also

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

  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 727
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