शृंग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá). Doublet of सींग (sīṅg), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾɪŋɡ/, [ʃɾɪ̃ŋɡ]

Noun

शृंग • (śŕṅg) m

(rare, formal) a horn
Synonyms: (more common) सींग (sīṅg), शाख़ (śāx)
the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag

Declension

Declension of शृंग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शृंग śŕṅg	शृंग śŕṅg
oblique	शृंग śŕṅg	शृंगों śŕṅgõ
vocative	शृंग śŕṅg	शृंगो śŕṅgo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शृंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “शृंग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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