नरसिंह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.sɪŋɡʱ/, [nɐɾ.sɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

Proper noun

नरसिंह • (narsĩh) m

1. (Hinduism) Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu

Declension

Declension of नरसिंह (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	नरसिंह narsĩh
oblique	नरसिंह narsĩh
vocative	नरसिंह narsĩh

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৰসিংহ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬭᬲᬶᬂᬳ (Balinese script)
• নরসিংহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰨𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀭𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• နရသိံဟ (Burmese script)
• નરસિંહ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਰਸਿਂਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌰𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦫꦱꦶꦁꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂩𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ನರಸಿಂಹ (Kannada script)
• នរសិំហ (Khmer script)
• ນຣສິໍຫ (Lao script)
• നരസിംഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡵᠠᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘨𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠷᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧈𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐬𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴 (Newa script)
• ନରସିଂହ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢬꢱꢶꢀꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆫𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖨𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮 (Siddham script)
• නරසිංහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩼𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚤𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩 (Takri script)
• நரஸிஂஹ (Tamil script)
• నరసింహ (Telugu script)
• นรสิํห (Thai script)
• ན་ར་སིཾ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒩𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨫𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of नर (nára, “man”) +‎ सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɾɐ.sĩ.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ɾɐ.s̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

Noun

नरसिंह • (narasiṃhá) stem, m

1. ‘man-lion’, great warrior
2. Narasimha, the fourth avatar of Vishnu
3. name of the father of king भैरव

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नरसिंह

	singular
nominative	नरसिंहः (narasiṃháḥ)
vocative	नरसिंह (nárasiṃha)
accusative	नरसिंहम् (narasiṃhám)
instrumental	नरसिंहेन (narasiṃhéna)
dative	नरसिंहाय (narasiṃhā́ya)
ablative	नरसिंहात् (narasiṃhā́t)
genitive	नरसिंहस्य (narasiṃhásya)
locative	नरसिंहे (narasiṃhé)

Descendants

• → Bengali: নরসিংহ (norsiṁho)
• → Gujarati: નરસિંહ (narsĩh)
• → Hindi: नरसिंह (narsĩh)
• → Indonesian: narasinga
• → Kannada: ನರಸಿಂಹ (narasiṃha)
• → Thai: นรสิงห์

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नरसिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 529/2.