हाँस

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás

Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa)

Hindi हाँस (hā̃s)

Inherited from Prakrit हंस (haṃsa, “goose”), from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa, “goose, swan”). Doublet of हंस (hans). Cognate to Punjabi ਹੰਸ (hans), Bengali হাঁস (hãs), and Burmese ဟင်္သာ (hangsa), and more distantly with Old English gōs (whence English goose) and Lithuanian žąsìs.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑ̃ːs/, [ɦä̃ːs]

Noun

हाँस • (hā̃s) m (Urdu spelling ہانس)

1. Obsolete form of हंस (hans).

Declension

Declension of हाँस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हाँस hā̃s	हाँस hā̃s
oblique	हाँस hā̃s	हाँसों hā̃sõ
vocative	हाँस hā̃s	हाँसो hā̃so

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाँस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press