हिंसा

See also: हँसी, हस्, हस, हँस, हंस, and हाँसो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हिंसा (hiṃsā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn.sɑː/, [ɦɪ̃n.säː]

Noun

हिंसा • (hinsā) f (Urdu spelling ہنسا)

1. violence, harm

   Antonym: अहिंसा (ahinsā)

2. malice, ill-will

Declension

Declension of हिंसा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाएँ hinsāẽ
oblique	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाओं hinsāõ
vocative	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाओ hinsāo

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “हिंसा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• হিংসা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• হিংসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိံသာ (Burmese script)
• હિંસા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
• ហិំសា (Khmer script)
• ຫິໍສາ (Lao script)
• ഹിംസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡥᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠾᠢᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହିଂସା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හිංසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹிஂஸா (Tamil script)
• హింసా (Telugu script)
• หิํสา (Thai script)
• ཧིཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हिंस् (hiṃs), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (“fright”), an extension of *ǵʰey- (“wound, thrust”). See हेषस् (heṣas) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦĩ.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦĩ.s̪ɑː/

Noun

हिंसा • (hiṃsā) stem, f

1. injury, mischief, wrong, harm, hurt (said to be of three kinds: personal, verbal and mental)
2. killing, slaying, destruction, violence
3. robbery, plunder

Derived terms

• अहिंसा (ahiṃsā, “non-violence”)
• विहिंसा (vihiṃsā, “injuring, harming”)

Descendants

• Sinhalese: හිංසාව (hiṁsāwa)
• → Tamil: இம்சை (imcai)
• → Kannada: ಹಿಂಸೆ (hiṃse)