हींस
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit हिंसा (hiṃsā, “neighing”), from Sanskrit हेषा (heṣā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦĩːs/
Noun
हींस • (hī̃s) f
- neigh, neighing (of a horse)
- Synonym: हिनहिनाहट (hinhināhaṭ)
- 2005, Prem Chandra Maheshwari, कलम और तलवार के धनी, Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 24:
- हाथियों की चिंघाड़ों, घोड़ों की हींस, सैनिकों के युद्ध-बोल और घायलों के कराहने की ध्वनि सारे आकाश में छा गई।
- hāthiyõ kī ciṅghāṛõ, ghoṛõ kī hī̃s, sainikõ ke yuddh-bol aur ghāylõ ke karāhne kī dhvani sāre ākāś mẽ chā gaī.
- The sound of the roars of elephants, the neighing of horses, the war cries of soldiers and the groans of the wounded filled the entire sky.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हींस hī̃s |
हींसें hī̃sẽ |
| oblique | हींस hī̃s |
हींसों hī̃sõ |
| vocative | हींस hī̃s |
हींसो hī̃so |
Derived terms
- हींसना (hī̃snā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हींस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1075
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hēṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 819