हिंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিংস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হিংস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိံသ် (Burmese script)
• હિંસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ហិំស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫິໍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹിംസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡥᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠾᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହିଂସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හිංස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹிஂஸ் (Tamil script)
• హింస్ (Telugu script)
• หิํสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧིཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (“fright”), an extension of *ǵʰey- (“wound, thrust”). See also हेष् (heṣ, “to be strong”).

Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat, both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦĩs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦis̪/

Root

हिंस् • (hiṃs)

1. to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हिंस् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• हिनस्ति (hinásti, Present)
• हिंसति (hiṃsati, Present)
• हिंसिष्यति (hiṃsiṣyáti, Future)
• हिंसिता (hiṃsitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहिंसीत् (áhiṃsīt, Aorist)
• जिहिंस (jihíṃsa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हिंस्यते (hiṃsyáte, Passive)
• अहिंसि (áhiṃsi, Passive Aorist)
• हिंसयति (hiṃsáyati, Causative)
• अजिहिंसत् (ájihiṃsat, Causative Aorist)
• जिहिंसिषति (jíhiṃsiṣati, Desiderative)
• जेहिंस्यते (jehiṃsyate, Intensive)
• जेहिंस्ति (jehiṃsti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हिंसित (hiṃsitá, Past Participle)
• हिंसितुम् (hiṃsitum, Infinitive)
• हिंसितोस् (híṃsitos, Infinitive)
• हिंसित्वा (hiṃsitvā́, Gerund)
• हिंस्य (hiṃsya, Gerund)
• हिंस्य (hiṃsya, Gerundive)
• हिंसितव्य (hiṃsitavyà, Gerundive)
• हिंसनीय (hiṃsanīya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• हिंसक (hiṃsaka)
• हिंसन (hiṃsana)
• हिंसा (hiṃsā)
• हिंसितृ (hiṃsitṛ)
• हिंस्र (hiṃsrá)

Prefixed Root Forms

• उपहिंस् (upahiṃs)
• विहिंस् (vihiṃs)

Adjective

हिंस् • (hiṃs) stem

1. injuring, striking

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• सुहिंस् (suhiṃs)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हिंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1297, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “हिंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “HEṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 174
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “427”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 427