किंनर

Sanskrit edit

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From किम् (kim) +‎ नर (nara).

किंनर • (kiṃnara) stem, m

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)
(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)

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

Monier Williams (1899) “किंनर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283, column 1.