हिमाचल

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमाचल (himācala).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācal) m

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

Declension

Declension of *हिमाचल* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचल himācal
oblique	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचलों himācalõ
vocative	हिमाचल himācal	हिमाचलो himācalo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

হিমাচল (Assamese script)
ᬳᬶᬫᬵᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
হিমাচল (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
ဟိမာစလ (Burmese script)
હિમાચલ (Gujarati script)
ਹਿਮਾਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦶꦩꦴꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂰𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಹಿಮಾಚಲ (Kannada script)
ហិមាចល (Khmer script)
ຫິມາຈລ (Lao script)
ഹിമാചല (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡳᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠾᠢᠮᠠᢗᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧑𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
ହିମାଚଲ (Odia script)
ꢲꢶꢪꢵꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
හිමාචල (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩛𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚭𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
ஹிமாசல (Tamil script)
హిమాచల (Telugu script)
หิมาจล (Thai script)
ཧི་མཱ་ཙ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨊𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦi.mɑː.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦi.mɑː.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

हिमाचल • (himācala) stem, m

‘snow-mountain’, the Himalaya

Descendants

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