Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Compound of किम् (kim) +‎ नर (nara).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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किंनर (kiṃnara) stemm

  1. a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, originally perhaps a kind of monkey)
  2. (Late Sanskrit) a gandharva or a celestial chorister, celebrated as a musician (also attached to the service of kubera and (Jainism) one of the eight orders of the vyantaras)

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of किंनर (kiṃnara)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative किंनरः
kiṃnaraḥ
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹
kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹
किंनराः / किंनरासः¹
kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹
Vocative किंनर
kiṃnara
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹
kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹
किंनराः / किंनरासः¹
kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹
Accusative किंनरम्
kiṃnaram
किंनरौ / किंनरा¹
kiṃnarau / kiṃnarā¹
किंनरान्
kiṃnarān
Instrumental किंनरेण
kiṃnareṇa
किंनराभ्याम्
kiṃnarābhyām
किंनरैः / किंनरेभिः¹
kiṃnaraiḥ / kiṃnarebhiḥ¹
Dative किंनराय
kiṃnarāya
किंनराभ्याम्
kiṃnarābhyām
किंनरेभ्यः
kiṃnarebhyaḥ
Ablative किंनरात्
kiṃnarāt
किंनराभ्याम्
kiṃnarābhyām
किंनरेभ्यः
kiṃnarebhyaḥ
Genitive किंनरस्य
kiṃnarasya
किंनरयोः
kiṃnarayoḥ
किंनराणाम्
kiṃnarāṇām
Locative किंनरे
kiṃnare
किंनरयोः
kiṃnarayoḥ
किंनरेषु
kiṃnareṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Hindi: किन्नर (kinnar)
  • Tocharian A: kinnare
  • Tocharian B: kinnare

References

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