हिमालय
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
हिमालय • (himālay) m (Urdu spelling ہمالیہ)
- the Himalayas
Declension
Declension of हिमालय (sg-only masc cons-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | हिमालय himālay |
| oblique | हिमालय himālay |
| vocative | हिमालय himālay |
Related terms
Nepali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
हिमालय • (himālaya)
- the Himalayas
Declension
| Declension of हिमालय | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||
| nominative | हिमालय | हिमालयहरू | |
| accusative | हिमालयलाई | हिमालयहरूलाई | |
| instrumental/ergative | हिमालयले | हिमालयहरूले | |
| dative | हिमालयलाई | हिमालयहरूलाई | |
| ablative | हिमालयबाट | हिमालयहरूबाट | |
| genitive | हिमालयको | हिमालयहरूको | |
| locative | हिमालयमा | हिमालयहरूमा | |
| Notes: | |||
Related terms
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হিমালয় (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬶᬫᬵᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
- হিমালয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဟိမာလယ (Burmese script)
- હિમાલય (Gujarati script)
- ਹਿਮਾਲਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦶꦩꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂰𑂪𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಹಿಮಾಲಯ (Kannada script)
- ហិមាលយ (Khmer script)
- ຫິມາລຍ (Lao script)
- ഹിമാലയ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡳᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠢᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧑𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
- ହିମାଲଯ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢶꢪꢵꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
- හිමාලය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩛𑩽𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚥𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஹிமாலய (Tamil script)
- హిమాలయ (Telugu script)
- หิมาลย (Thai script)
- ཧི་མཱ་ལ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨊𑨬𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of हिम (hima, “snow, frost”) + आलय (ālaya, “house, dwelling”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦiˈmɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/
Proper noun
हिमालय • (himālaya) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)
- the Himalayas
- (Hinduism, mythology) Himalaya, the personified range, husband of Menaka and father of Parvati (wife of Shiva) and Ganga (the personified Ganges)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of हिमालय (himālaya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | हिमालयः himālayaḥ | ||
| Vocative | हिमालय himālaya | ||
| Accusative | हिमालयम् himālayam | ||
| Instrumental | हिमालयेन himālayena | ||
| Dative | हिमालयाय himālayāya | ||
| Ablative | हिमालयात् himālayāt | ||
| Genitive | हिमालयस्य himālayasya | ||
| Locative | हिमालये himālaye | ||
Descendants
- → Chinese: 喜馬拉雅／喜马拉雅
- → Tamil: இமயம் (imayam)
- → Tibetan: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya)
- → Assamese: হিমালয় (himaloy) (learned)
- → Bengali: হিমালয় (himaloẏ) (learned)
- → Gujarati: હિમાલય (himālya) (learned)
- → Hindustani: (learned)
- → Malayalam: ഹിമാലയം (himālayaṁ) (learned)
- → Marathi: हिमालय (himālay) (learned)
- → Nepali: हिमालय (himālaya) (learned)
- → Odia: ହିମାଳୟ (himāḷaya) (learned)
- → Telugu: హిమాలయము (himālayamu), హిమాలయం (himālayaṁ) (learned)
- → Urdu: ہمالیہ (himāliya) (semi-learned)
- → Arabic: هِمَالِيَة (himāliya)
- → English: Himalaya, Himmaleh (learned)
- ⇒ English: Himalayas
- → German: Himalaja (learned)
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “himālaya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Monier Williams (1899) “हिमालय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1299.