नरसिंह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.sɪŋɡʱ/, [nɐɾ.sɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

Proper noun

नरसिंह • (narsĩh) m

(Hinduism) Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu

Declension

Declension of नरसिंह (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	नरसिंह narsĩh
oblique	नरसिंह narsĩh
vocative	नरसिंह narsĩh

Sanskrit

Etymology

Compound of नर (nára, “man”) +‎ सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɾɐ.sĩ.ɦɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ɾɐˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

नरसिंह • (narasiṃhá) stem, m

‘man-lion’, great warrior
fourth avatar of Vishnu
name of the father of king भैरव

Descendants

→ Bengali: নরসিংহ (norsiṁho)
→ Gujarati: નરસિંહ (narsĩh)
→ Hindi: नरसिंह (narsĩh)
→ Indonesian: narasinga
→ Kannada: ನರಸಿಂಹ (narasiṃha)
→ Thai: นรสิงห์

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नरसिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 529/2.

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