किंनर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কিংনৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬶᬂᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
- কিংনর (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰰𑰽𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ကိံနရ (Burmese script)
- કિંનર (Gujarati script)
- ਕਿਂਨਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦶꦁꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂱𑂁𑂢𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಿಂನರ (Kannada script)
- កិំនរ (Khmer script)
- ກິໍນຣ (Lao script)
- കിംനര (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡬᡳᠨᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘱𑘽𑘡𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᢉᠢᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧒𑧞𑧁𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐶𑑄𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
- କିଂନର (Odia script)
- ꢒꢶꢀꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆴𑆁𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖰𑖽𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කිංනර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩑𑪖𑩯𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚮𑚫𑚝𑚤 (Takri script)
- கிஂநர (Tamil script)
- కింనర (Telugu script)
- กิํนร (Thai script)
- ཀིཾ་ན་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒱𑓀𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨁𑨸𑨝𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of किम् (kim) + नर (nara).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kin.nɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kin̪.n̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
किंनर • (kiṃnara) stem, m
- a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, originally perhaps a kind of monkey)
- (Late Sanskrit) a gandharva or a celestial chorister, celebrated as a musician (also attached to the service of kubera and (Jainism) one of the eight orders of the vyantaras)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | किंनरः (kiṃnaraḥ) | किंनरौ (kiṃnarau) किंनरा¹ (kiṃnarā¹) |
किंनराः (kiṃnarāḥ) किंनरासः¹ (kiṃnarāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | किंनरम् (kiṃnaram) | किंनरौ (kiṃnarau) किंनरा¹ (kiṃnarā¹) |
किंनरान् (kiṃnarān) |
| instrumental | किंनरेण (kiṃnareṇa) | किंनराभ्याम् (kiṃnarābhyām) | किंनरैः (kiṃnaraiḥ) किंनरेभिः¹ (kiṃnarebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | किंनराय (kiṃnarāya) | किंनराभ्याम् (kiṃnarābhyām) | किंनरेभ्यः (kiṃnarebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | किंनरात् (kiṃnarāt) | किंनराभ्याम् (kiṃnarābhyām) | किंनरेभ्यः (kiṃnarebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | किंनरस्य (kiṃnarasya) | किंनरयोः (kiṃnarayoḥ) | किंनराणाम् (kiṃnarāṇām) |
| locative | किंनरे (kiṃnare) | किंनरयोः (kiṃnarayoḥ) | किंनरेषु (kiṃnareṣu) |
| vocative | किंनर (kiṃnara) | किंनरौ (kiṃnarau) किंनरा¹ (kiṃnarā¹) |
किंनराः (kiṃnarāḥ) किंनरासः¹ (kiṃnarāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “किंनर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283, column 1.