शृंग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá). Doublet of सींग (sīṅg), a tadbhava.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɾɪŋɡ/, [ʃɾɪ̃ŋɡ]

Noun

शृंग • (śŕṅg) m

  1. (rare, formal) a horn
    Synonyms: सींग (sīṅg) (more common), शाख़ (śāx)
  2. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag

Declension
Declension of शृंग (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शृंग
śŕṅg		 शृंग
śŕṅg
oblique शृंग
śŕṅg		 शृंगों
śŕṅgõ
vocative शृंग
śŕṅg		 शृंगो
śŕṅgo

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “शृंग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) , “शृंग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
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