सिंह

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɪŋɡʱ/,

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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सिंह

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘭𑘲𑘽𑘮𑘰𑘚𑘰 (sīṃhāḍā, “lion”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

सिंह • (siuha) m

  1. lion
    Synonym: केसरी (kesrī)
  2. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Leo
  4. (figuratively) hero, an 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 · रास (rās) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)
वृषभ (vruṣabh)
मिथुन (mithun)
कर्क (karka)

सिंह (siuha)
कन्या (kanyā)
तूळ (tūḷ)
वृश्चिक (vruścik)

धनु (dhanu)
मकर (makar)
कुंभ (kumbha)
मीन (mīn)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सिंह”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “सिंहाडा”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
सिंह

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. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.3:
      र॒थीव॒ कश॒याश्वाँ॑ अभिक्षि॒पन्ना॒विर्दू॒तान्कृ॑णुते व॒र्ष्याँ॒३॒॑ अह॑ ।
      दू॒रात्सिं॒हस्य॑ स्त॒नथा॒ उदी॑रते॒ यत्प॒र्जन्यः॑ कृणु॒ते व॒र्ष्यं१॒॑ नभः॑ ॥
      rathī́va káśayā́śvām̐ abhikṣipánnāvírdūtā́nkṛṇute varṣyā̀m̐ áha.
      dūrā́tsiṃhásya stanáthā údīrate yátparjányaḥ kṛṇuté varṣyàṃ nábhaḥ.
      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
singular dual plural
nominative सिंहः (siṃháḥ) सिंहौ (siṃhaú)
सिंहा¹ (siṃhā́¹) 		सिंहाः (siṃhā́ḥ)
सिंहासः¹ (siṃhā́saḥ¹)
accusative सिंहम् (siṃhám) सिंहौ (siṃhaú)
सिंहा¹ (siṃhā́¹) 		सिंहान् (siṃhā́n)
instrumental सिंहेन (siṃhéna) सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhā́bhyām) सिंहैः (siṃhaíḥ)
सिंहेभिः¹ (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)
vocative सिंह (síṃha) सिंहौ (síṃhau)
सिंहा¹ (síṃhā¹) 		सिंहाः (síṃhāḥ)
सिंहासः¹ (síṃhāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣa)
वृषभ (vṛṣabha)
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, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 727
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