नरसिंह

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.sɪŋɡʱ/, [n̪əɾ.s̪ɪ̃ŋɡʱ]

नरसिंह • (narsĩh) m

1. (Hinduism) Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu

Compound of नर (nara, “man”) +‎ सिंह (siṃha, “lion”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ.ɾɐ.sĩ.ɦɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ɾɐˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ/

नरसिंह • (narasiṃha) m

1. ‘man-lion’, great warrior
2. name of विष्णु in his 4th अवतार (when he was half man, half lion)
3. name of the father of king भैरव
4. name of several princes and authors (also -कवि, -कवि-राज, -ठक्कुर, -दीक्षित, -देव, -पण्डित, -भट्ट, -मिश्र, -मुनि, -यति, -यतीन्द्र, -राज, -वाजपेयिन् (or °हाग्निचिद्-वाज्°), -शास्त्रिन्, -सरस्वती, -सूरि, -सेन, नरसिंहाचार्य)

• → Bengali: নরসিংহ (norsiṁho)
• → Gujarati: નરસિંહ (narsĩh)
• → Hindi: नरसिंह (narsĩh)
• → Indonesian: narasinga
• → Kannada: ನರಸಿಂಹ (narasiṃha)
• → Thai: นรสิงห์

• Monier Williams (1899), “नरसिंह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 529/2.