हिङ्गु

Sanskrit

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Iranian *Hángwr̥ (“extract, resin”), with an unexpected shift from *a to i, from the derivation *Hanguǰatu of which Iranian terms for asafoetida derive.

Pronunciation

Noun

हिङ्गु • (hiṅgú) stem, m [1]

  1. asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida)
  2. a kind of liquid made from the roots of asafoetida

Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of हिङ्गु (hiṅgu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हिङ्गुः
hiṅguḥ		 हिङ्गू
hiṅgū		 हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Vocative हिङ्गो
hiṅgo		 हिङ्गू
hiṅgū		 हिङ्गवः
hiṅgavaḥ
Accusative हिङ्गुम्
hiṅgum		 हिङ्गू
hiṅgū		 हिङ्गून्
hiṅgūn
Instrumental हिङ्गुना / हिङ्ग्वा¹
hiṅgunā / hiṅgvā¹		 हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām		 हिङ्गुभिः
hiṅgubhiḥ
Dative हिङ्गवे
hiṅgave		 हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām		 हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Ablative हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ		 हिङ्गुभ्याम्
hiṅgubhyām		 हिङ्गुभ्यः
hiṅgubhyaḥ
Genitive हिङ्गोः
hiṅgoḥ		 हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ		 हिङ्गूनाम्
hiṅgūnām
Locative हिङ्गौ
hiṅgau		 हिङ्ग्वोः
hiṅgvoḥ		 हिङ्गुषु
hiṅguṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Borrowed terms
Terms borrowed from हिङ्गु (hiṅgu)
  • Chinese: 形虞 (xíngyú)
  • Proto-Dravidian:
    • Kannada: ಇಂಗು (iṅgu)
    • Telugu: ఇంగువ (iṅguva)
  • Nepali: हिङ (hiṅ)
  • Persian: هینگ (hing)
  • Semnani: [script needed] (xing, “sage”), [script needed] (hīng, “asafoetida”) (Afdari)
  • Sogdian:[2]
    Buddhist: [script needed] (ʾynkw /⁠inku⁠/)
  • Tajik: (Ferula teterrima)
    Badakhshan: йинг (ying), инг (ing)
    Darvoz: ҳинги бадбуй (hingi badbuy)
  • Wakhi: [script needed] (ying), [script needed] (ing)

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899) “हिङ्गु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298.
  2. Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾynkw”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 87b

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