हथिनी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हथनी (hathnī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.niː/, [ɦɐ.t̪ʰɪ.niː]

Noun

हथिनी • (hathinī) f (masculine हाथी)

1. A female elephant.

Declension

Declension of हथिनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हथिनी hathinī	हथिनियाँ hathiniyā̃
oblique	हथिनी hathinī	हथिनियों hathiniyõ
vocative	हथिनी hathinī	हथिनियो hathiniyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हथिनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hastín”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 812
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हथिनी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हथनी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.