siṅga

See also: singa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• सिङ्ग (Devanagari script)
• সিঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• සිඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• သိင်္ဂ or သိင်္ၷ or သိင်ၷ (Burmese script)
• สิงฺค or สิงคะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິງ຺ຄ or ສິງຄະ (Lao script)
• សិង្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄨𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga). Cognate with Prakrit सिंग / 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga).

Noun

siṅga n

1. (anatomy) horn (hard growth of keratin on certain animals' heads)

Declension

Declension table of "siṅga" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	siṅgaṃ	siṅgāni
Accusative (second)	siṅgaṃ	siṅgāni
Instrumental (third)	siṅgena	siṅgehi or siṅgebhi
Dative (fourth)	siṅgassa or siṅgāya or siṅgatthaṃ	siṅgānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	siṅgasmā or siṅgamhā or siṅgā	siṅgehi or siṅgebhi
Genitive (sixth)	siṅgassa	siṅgānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	siṅgasmiṃ or siṅgamhi or siṅge	siṅgesu
Vocative (calling)	siṅga	siṅgāni

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 730