हंस
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦəu.sə/
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "हंस" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | हंसो (haṃso) | हंसा (haṃsā) |
| Accusative (second) | हंसं (haṃsaṃ) | हंसे (haṃse) |
| Instrumental (third) | हंसेन (haṃsena) | हंसेहि (haṃsehi) or हंसेभि (haṃsebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | हंसस्स (haṃsassa) or हंसाय (haṃsāya) or हंसत्थं (haṃsatthaṃ) | हंसानं (haṃsānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | हंसस्मा (haṃsasmā) or हंसम्हा (haṃsamhā) or हंसा (haṃsā) | हंसेहि (haṃsehi) or हंसेभि (haṃsebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | हंसस्स (haṃsassa) | हंसानं (haṃsānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | हंसस्मिं (haṃsasmiṃ) or हंसम्हि (haṃsamhi) or हंसे (haṃse) | हंसेसु (haṃsesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | हंस (haṃsa) | हंसा (haṃsā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হংস (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
- হংস (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- ဟံသ (Burmese script)
- હંસ (Gujarati script)
- ਹਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಹಂಸ (Kannada script)
- ហំស (Khmer script)
- ຫໍສ (Lao script)
- ഹംസ (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠾᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
- ହଂସ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
- හංස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
- ஹஂஸ (Tamil script)
- హంస (Telugu script)
- หํส (Thai script)
- ཧཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Latin ānser, Latvian zoss, German Gans, Old Irish géiss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë (“heron”), Old English gōs (whence English goose).
Pronunciation
Noun
हंस • (haṃsá) stem, m
- a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other aquatic bird, considered as a bird of passage)
- sometimes a mere poetical or mythical bird, said in Rigveda to be able to separate Soma from water, when these two fluids are mixed, and in later literature, milk from water when these two are mixed
- the soul or spirit (typified by the pure white colour of a goose or swan, and migratory like a goose)
- sometimes "the Universal Soul or Supreme Spirit", identified with Virāj, Nārāyaṇa, Vishnu, Shiva, Kāma, and the Sun
- (in the dual) "the universal and the individual Spirit"
- a kind of ascetic
- a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation
- an excellent draught-ox (according to some, a buffalo)
- a temple of a particular form
- a kind of mantra or mystical text
- name of two metres
- (music) a kind of measure
- a mystical name of the letter 'h'
- a spiritual preceptor
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of हंस (haṃsá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | हंसः haṃsáḥ |
हंसौ / हंसा¹ haṃsaú / haṃsā́¹ |
हंसाः / हंसासः¹ haṃsā́ḥ / haṃsā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | हंस háṃsa |
हंसौ / हंसा¹ háṃsau / háṃsā¹ |
हंसाः / हंसासः¹ háṃsāḥ / háṃsāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | हंसम् haṃsám |
हंसौ / हंसा¹ haṃsaú / haṃsā́¹ |
हंसान् haṃsā́n |
| Instrumental | हंसेन haṃséna |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसैः / हंसेभिः¹ haṃsaíḥ / haṃsébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | हंसाय haṃsā́ya |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | हंसात् haṃsā́t |
हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām |
हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | हंसस्य haṃsásya |
हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ |
हंसानाम् haṃsā́nām |
| Locative | हंसे haṃsé |
हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ |
हंसेषु haṃséṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
Borrowed Terms
Proper noun
हंस • (haṃsá) stem, m
- name of a Deva-gandharva
- name of a Dānava
- name of a son of Brahmā
- name of a son of Vasu-deva
- name of a son of A-riṣṭā
- name of a son of Brahma-datta and general of Jarā-saṃdha
- name of various authors etc.
- name of one of the Moon's horses
- name of a mountain
- name of the Brahmans in Plakṣa-dvīpa
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “हंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1286.
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