हँसिया
Hindi
Alternative forms
- हंसिया (hansiyā)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अंसिय (aṃsiya), अंस्य (aṃsya, “belonging to the shoulder”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Gujarati હાંસવો (hā̃svo, “spade”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦə̃.sɪ.jɑː/, [ɦɐ̃.si.jäː]
Noun
हँसिया • (hãsiyā) m (Urdu spelling ہنسیا)
- sickle
- हँसिया और हथौड़ा ― hãsiyā aur hathauṛā ― hammer and sickle
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हँसिया hãsiyā |
हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye |
| oblique | हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye |
हँसियों hãsiyõ |
| vocative | हँसिए, हँसिये hãsie, hãsiye |
हँसियो hãsiyo |
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áṁsiya-, áṁsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हँसिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press