हिंसा

See also: हँसी, हस्, हस, हँस, हंस, and हाँसो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हिंसा (hiṃsā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn.sɑː/, [ɦɪ̃n̪.s̪äː]

Noun

हिंसा • (hinsā) f (Urdu spelling ہنسا‎)

violence, harm
Antonym: अहिंसा (ahinsā)
malice, ill-will

Declension

Declension of हिंसा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाएँ hinsāẽ
oblique	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाओं hinsāõ
vocative	हिंसा hinsā	हिंसाओ hinsāo

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “हिंसा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬳᬶᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
হিংসা (Assamese script)
হিংসা (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰰𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌹𑌿𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
હિંસા (Gujarati script)
ਹਿਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦲꦶꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
ហិំសា (Khmer script)
ಹಿಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
ຫິໍສາ (Lao script)
ഹിംസാ (Malayalam script)
𑘮𑘱𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠾᢈᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᢀ᠋ᡥᡳᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
ဟိံသာ (Burmese script)
𑧎𑧒𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐶𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
ହିଂସା (Oriya script)
ꢲꢶꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆴𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖰𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
හිංසා (Sinhalese script)
హింసా (Telugu script)
หิํสา (Thai script)
ཧིཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒱𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From हिंस् (hiṃs), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (“fright”), an extension of *ǵʰey- (“wound, thrust”). See हेषस् (heṣas) for more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦĩ.sɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦĩ.s̪ɑː/

Noun

हिंसा • (hiṃsā) f

injury, mischief, wrong, harm, hurt (said to be of three kinds: personal, verbal and mental)
killing, slaying, destruction, violence
robbery, plunder

Derived terms

अहिंसा (ahiṃsā, “non-violence”)

Descendants

→ Tamil: இம்சை (imcai)

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