हीरा

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦiː.ɾɑː/, [ɦiː.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit हीरग (hīraga), from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka).[1][2] Doublet of हीर (hīr) and हीरक (hīrak). Cognate with Punjabi ਹੀਰਾ (hīrā) / ہِیرا (hīrā), Sindhi هيِرو / हीरो, Gujarati હીરો (hīro), Marathi हिरा (hirā), Bengali হীরা (hira), Assamese হীৰা (hira).

Noun

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हीरा (hīrām (Urdu spelling ہِیرا)

  1. diamond (a type of rare gemstone)
    कल, हीरे का मूल्य बहुत कम हो गया।
    kal, hīre kā mūlya bahut kam ho gayā.
    Yesterday, the value of diamond decreased greatly.
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हीरा (hīrā).[3]

Proper noun

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हीरा (hīrāf

  1. (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi
    Synonyms: लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), रमा (ramā), लोल (lol)
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Noun

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हीरा (hīrāf (rare, formal)

  1. an ant
    Synonyms: चींटी (cī̃ṭī), पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)
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Further reading

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  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हीरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हीरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s):
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    S. W. Fallon (1879) “हीरा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • हीरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “हीरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हीरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From the feminine form of हीर (hīra).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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हीरा (hīrā) stemf

  1. an ant
    Synonym: पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of हीरा (hīrā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हीरा
hīrā
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Vocative हीरे
hīre
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Accusative हीराम्
hīrām
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Instrumental हीरया / हीरा¹
hīrayā / hīrā¹
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभिः
hīrābhiḥ
Dative हीरायै
hīrāyai
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभ्यः
hīrābhyaḥ
Ablative हीरायाः / हीरायै²
hīrāyāḥ / hīrāyai²
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभ्यः
hīrābhyaḥ
Genitive हीरायाः / हीरायै²
hīrāyāḥ / hīrāyai²
हीरयोः
hīrayoḥ
हीराणाम्
hīrāṇām
Locative हीरायाम्
hīrāyām
हीरयोः
hīrayoḥ
हीरासु
hīrāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

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हीरा (hīrā) stemf

  1. (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of हीरा (hīrā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हीरा
hīrā
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Vocative हीरे
hīre
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Accusative हीराम्
hīrām
हीरे
hīre
हीराः
hīrāḥ
Instrumental हीरया / हीरा¹
hīrayā / hīrā¹
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभिः
hīrābhiḥ
Dative हीरायै
hīrāyai
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभ्यः
hīrābhyaḥ
Ablative हीरायाः / हीरायै²
hīrāyāḥ / hīrāyai²
हीराभ्याम्
hīrābhyām
हीराभ्यः
hīrābhyaḥ
Genitive हीरायाः / हीरायै²
hīrāyāḥ / hīrāyai²
हीरयोः
hīrayoḥ
हीराणाम्
hīrāṇām
Locative हीरायाम्
hīrāyām
हीरयोः
hīrayoḥ
हीरासु
hīrāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

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  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “हीरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300, column 3.