हिमाचल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमाचल (himācala).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.t͡ʃəl/, [ɦɪ.mäː.t͡ʃɐl]

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācal) m

  1. snow-region
    हिमाचल प्रदेश
    himācal pradeś
    Himachal Pradesh
    (literally, “province of snow-region”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From हिम (hima, frost, snow) + अचल (acala, mountain, rock).

Pronunciation

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācala) stem, m

  1. ‘snow-mountain’, the Himalaya

Descendants

  • Bengali: হিমাচল (himacol) (learned)
  • Hindi: हिमाचल (himācal)
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