سینگ

See also: سینک

Eshtehardi

Noun

سینگ (sing)

1. stone

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga), from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hngám, from earlier *ćr̥Hnám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Marathi शिंग (śiṅga), Sylheti ꠢꠤꠋ (hiṅ), Assamese শিং (xiṅ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /siːŋɡ/

Noun

سِین٘گ • (sīṅg) m (Hindi spelling सींग)

1. (anatomy) horn

Declension

Declension of سینگ
	singular	plural
direct	سینگ (sīṅg)	سینگ (sīṅg)
oblique	سینگ (sīṅg)	سینگوں (sīṅgō̃)
vocative	سینگ (sīṅg)	سینگو (sīṅgō)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “sīṅg”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “سِین٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.