سنگھ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰo-, ultimately a borrowing from a Central Asian substrate language.

Noun

سِن٘گھ • (siṉgh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿੰਘ)

  1. lion
    • Bhai Gurdas, translation by Dr Jodh Singh, Varan Bhai Gurdas, volume 1, page 27:
      سنگھ بکے مرگاولی بھنی جائے نہ دھیر دھروآ
      siṅgh buke mirgāvalī bhannī jāe na dhīr dharoā
      With the roar of the lion in the forest the flocks of escaping deer now cannot have endurance.
    Synonyms: شیر (sher), کیہر (kehar), شینہ (shī̃h)

Proper noun

سِن٘گھ • (siṉgh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿੰਘ)

  1. (Sikhism) a Punjabi surname, Singh

Derived terms

  • سنگھنی f (siṅghṇī)

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

Noun

سِن٘گھ • (siṅgh) m (Hindi spelling सिंघ)

  1. lion
    Synonym: شیر (šer)
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Leo
    Synonym: اَسَد (asad) (more common)
  3. (astrology) A Leo
    Synonym: اَسَد (asad) (more common)

See also

Zodiac signs in Urdu · بُرْج (burj) (layout · text)
ہَمَل (hamal) ثَور (saur) جَوزا (jauzā) سَرْطان (sartān)
اَسَد (asad) سُن٘بَلَہ (sumbala) مِیزان (mīzān) عَقْرَب ('aqrab)
قَوس (qaus) جَدی (jadī) دِلُّو (dillū) حُوت (hūt)
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