जिघांसा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जिघांसा (jighāṃsā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ɡʱɑːn.sɑː/, [d͡ʒɪ.ɡʱä̃ːn.säː]

Noun

जिघांसा • (jighānsā) f

1. desire to kill or destroy

   Synonym: मारने की इच्छा (mārne kī icchā)

2. revenge

   Synonyms: बदला (badlā), प्रतिहिंसा (pratihinsā), प्रतिशोध (pratiśodh), प्रतिवैर (prativair)

Declension

Declension of जिघांसा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिघांसा jighānsā	जिघांसाएँ jighānsāẽ
oblique	जिघांसा jighānsā	जिघांसाओं jighānsāõ
vocative	जिघांसा jighānsā	जिघांसाओ jighānsāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जिघांसा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জিঘাংসা (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬶᬖᬵᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• জিঘাংসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰰𑰑𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀖𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဇိဃာံသာ (Burmese script)
• જિઘાંસા (Gujarati script)
• ਜਿਘਾਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌿𑌘𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦶꦓꦴꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂱𑂐𑂰𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಿಘಾಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
• ជិឃាំសា (Khmer script)
• ຊິຆາໍສາ (Lao script)
• ജിഘാംസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡳᢀ᠋ᢚᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘱𑘑𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠢᢀ᠋ᠺᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧒𑦱𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐶𑐑𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଜିଘାଂସା (Odia script)
• ꢙꢶꢕꢵꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆴𑆔𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖰𑖑𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ජිඝාංසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩑𑩟𑩛𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚮𑚍𑚭𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஜிக⁴ாஂஸா (Tamil script)
• జిఘాంసా (Telugu script)
• ชิฆาํสา (Thai script)
• ཛི་གྷཱཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒱𑒒𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨁𑨎𑨊𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Back-formation from जिघांसति (jíghāṃsati, “to wish to kill/destroy”) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi.ɡʱɑ̃ː.sɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑiˈɡʱɑ̃ː.s̪ɑː/

Noun

जिघांसा • (jighāṃsā) stem, f

1. desire to kill or destroy
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.54.30:

     ततो रथादवप्लुत्य खड्‍गपाणिर्जिघांसया। कृष्णमभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्धः पतङ्ग इव पावकम्॥

     tato rathādavaplutya khaḍ‍gapāṇirjighāṃsayā. kṛṣṇamabhyadravat kruddhaḥ pataṅga iva pāvakam.

     Then Rukmī leaped down from his chariot and, sword in hand, rushed toward Kṛṣṇa with the desire to kill him, like a bird flying into the wind.

2. malice, revenge

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जिघांसा (jighāṃsā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जिघांसा jighāṃsā	जिघांसे jighāṃse	जिघांसाः jighāṃsāḥ
Vocative	जिघांसे jighāṃse	जिघांसे jighāṃse	जिघांसाः jighāṃsāḥ
Accusative	जिघांसाम् jighāṃsām	जिघांसे jighāṃse	जिघांसाः jighāṃsāḥ
Instrumental	जिघांसया / जिघांसा¹ jighāṃsayā / jighāṃsā¹	जिघांसाभ्याम् jighāṃsābhyām	जिघांसाभिः jighāṃsābhiḥ
Dative	जिघांसायै jighāṃsāyai	जिघांसाभ्याम् jighāṃsābhyām	जिघांसाभ्यः jighāṃsābhyaḥ
Ablative	जिघांसायाः / जिघांसायै² jighāṃsāyāḥ / jighāṃsāyai²	जिघांसाभ्याम् jighāṃsābhyām	जिघांसाभ्यः jighāṃsābhyaḥ
Genitive	जिघांसायाः / जिघांसायै² jighāṃsāyāḥ / jighāṃsāyai²	जिघांसयोः jighāṃsayoḥ	जिघांसानाम् jighāṃsānām
Locative	जिघांसायाम् jighāṃsāyām	जिघांसयोः jighāṃsayoḥ	जिघांसासु jighāṃsāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “जिघांसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 421.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “jighāṃsā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जिघांसा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “जिघांसा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press