Hindi

Noun

हिम • ‎(him) m ‎(Urdu spelling ہم)

1. snow, ice, frost

   अगला हिम युग कब आएगा इसका सटीक आकलन फिलहाल नहीं किया जा सका है।

   Currently, we cannot accurately estimate when the next ice age will arrive.

Derived terms

• हिमाचल ‎(him-añcal, “land of snow-clad mountains”)
• हिमाद्रि ‎(him-adri, “snow peak”)
• हिमालय ‎(him-alay, “abode of snow”)
• हिमानी ‎(him-ani, “fjord”)
• हिमांक ‎(him-ank, “freezing point”)
• हिमांशु ‎(him-anśu, “moon”)
• हिमकंदुक ‎(him-kanduk, “snowball”)
• हिमनदी ‎(him-nadī, “glacier, ice-river”)
• हिमपात ‎(him-pāt, “snowfall”)
• हिममानव ‎(him-mānav, “snowman”)
• हिमशिखर ‎(him-śikhar, “ice-cap”)
• हिमलंब ‎(him-lamb, “icicle”)
• हिमशैल ‎(him-śail, “iceberg”)
• हिमतेंदुआ ‎(him-tenduā, “snow leopard”)
• हिमवंत ‎(him-vant, “snow-like, bright”)
• हिमेश ‎(him-īś, “lord of snow”)

Synonyms

• बरफ़ ‎(baraf)

References

• हिम in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *jʰim-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰim-, *ǵʰyem-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 ‎(zyå), Latin hiems, Ancient Greek χεῖμα ‎(kheîma), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 ‎(giman), Proto-Slavic *zima, Lithuanian žiema.

Adjective

हिम • ‎(himá)

1. cold, cool

Declension

Noun

हिम • ‎(himá) m

1. cold, frost
2. the cold season, winter
3. the sandal tree
4. the moon
5. camphor

Declension

Noun

हिम • ‎(himá) n

1. frost, hoarfrost, snow (rarely "ice")
2. sandalwood (of cooling properties)
3. the wood of Prunus cerasoides
4. tin
5. a pearl
6. fresh butter
7. a lotus

Declension