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.ɾɐˈs̪ĩ.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 (narasiṃhá)
	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.