siṅgī

Pali

Alternative forms

• siṅgi

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• सिङ्गी (Devanagari script)
• সিঙ্গী (Bengali script)
• සිඞ‍්ගී (Sinhalese script)
• သိင်္ဂီ or သိင်္ဂဳ or သိင်္ၷီ or သိင်ၷီ (Burmese script)
• สิงฺคี or สิงคี (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᩘᨣᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິງ຺ຄີ or ສິງຄີ (Lao script)
• សិង្គី (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil இஞ்சிவேர் (iñcivēr), இஞ்சி (iñci).

Noun

siṅgī m

1. gold
2. ginger

Declension

Declension table of "siṅgī" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	siṅgī	siṅgino or siṅgī
Accusative (second)	siṅgiṃ or siṅginaṃ	siṅgino or siṅgī
Instrumental (third)	siṅginā	siṅgīhi or siṅgībhi
Dative (fourth)	siṅgissa or siṅgino	siṅgīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	siṅgismā or siṅgimhā	siṅgīhi or siṅgībhi
Genitive (sixth)	siṅgissa or siṅgino	siṅgīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	siṅgismiṃ or siṅgimhi	siṅgīsu
Vocative (calling)	siṅgi	siṅgino or siṅgī

Descendants

• → Burmese: သိင်္ဂီ (singgi)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “siṅgī”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead