शृंग
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga). Doublet of सींग (sīṅg), a tadbhava.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) 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
| 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.