हस्तिनी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हस्तिन् (hastin).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəs.t̪ɪ.niː/, [ɦɐs.t̪ɪ.niː]

Noun

हस्तिनी • (hastinī) f (masculine हस्ती)

1. A female elephant.

   Synonym: हथिनी (hathinī)

Declension

Declension of हस्तिनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हस्तिनी hastinī	हस्तिनियाँ hastiniyā̃
oblique	हस्तिनी hastinī	हस्तिनियों hastiniyõ
vocative	हस्तिनी hastinī	हस्तिनियो hastiniyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हस्तिनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हस्तिनी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हस्तिनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hastin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press