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सिंह
सिंह
Hindi
Alternative forms
- सिंघ (sĩṅgh)
Noun
सिंह • (sĩṅh) m (Urdu spelling سنہ)
Synonyms
- शेर (šer)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From *seh- ~ siṃh- ‘to mount’, akin to Iranian haiz- ~ hiz-.
Noun
सिंह • (siṃhá) m
- the lion
- the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna
- hero, eminent person
- a particular form of temple
- a particular place prepared for the building of a house
- a Moringa with red flowers
- (music) a kind of tune
- the symbol or emblem of the 24th arhat of the present avasarpini
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of सिंह | |||
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| Nom. sg. | सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | सिंहस्य (siṃhasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सिंहः (siṃhaḥ) | सिंहौ (siṃhau) | सिंहाः (siṃhāḥ) |
| Vocative | सिंह (siṃha) | सिंहौ (siṃhau) | सिंहाः (siṃhāḥ) |
| Accusative | सिंहम् (siṃham) | सिंहौ (siṃhau) | सिंहान् (siṃhān) |
| Instrumental | सिंहेन (siṃhena) | सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām) | सिंहैः (siṃhaiḥ) |
| Dative | सिंहाय (siṃhāya) | सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām) | सिंहेभ्यः (siṃhebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | सिंहात् (siṃhāt) | सिंहाभ्याम् (siṃhābhyām) | सिंहेभ्यः (siṃhebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | सिंहस्य (siṃhasya) | सिंहयोः (siṃhayoḥ) | सिंहानाम् (siṃhānām) |
| Locative | सिंहे (siṃhe) | सिंहयोः (siṃhayoḥ) | सिंहेषु (siṃheṣu) |
Descendants
Derived terms
Terms derived from सिंह (siṃha)
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Proper noun
सिंह • (Siṃhá) m
- name of a son of Krishna
- name of a king of the Vidyadharas
- name of a king (the father of साहिदेव (sāhi-deva))
- name of the Venkata mountain
- (with आचार्य (ācārya)) name of an astronomer
- name of various other persons
- a particular mythical bird
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1213