चिह्न

Hindi

Noun

चिह्न • (cihna) f

1. Alternative spelling of चिन्ह (cinha)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• চিহ্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬳ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• চিহ্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰮𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀳𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• စိဟ္န (Burmese script)
• ચિહ્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਹ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌹𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦲ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂯𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿಹ್ನ (Kannada script)
• ចិហ្ន (Khmer script)
• ຈິຫ຺ນ (Lao script)
• ചിഹ്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᡥᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘮𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑧎𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐴𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଚିହ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢲ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆲𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖮𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• චිහ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑪂 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚩𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• சிஹ்ந (Tamil script)
• చిహ్న (Telugu script)
• จิหฺน (Thai script)
• ཙི་ཧྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒯𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨱𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiɦ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕiɦ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

चिह्न • (cihna) stem, m

1. symbol

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬘᬶᬳ᭄ᬦ (learned)
• → Bengali: চিহ্ন (cihno) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ചിഹ്നം (cihnaṁ) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (cinnh) (learned)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चिह्न”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]