हींस

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit हिंसा (hiṃsā, “neighing”), from Sanskrit हेषा (heṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦĩːs/

Noun

हींस • (hī̃s) f

1. neigh, neighing (of a horse)

   Synonym: हिनहिनाहट (hinhināhaṭ)

   • 2005, Prem Chandra Maheshwari, कलम और तलवार के धनी, Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 24:

     हाथियों की चिंघाड़ों, घोड़ों की हींस, सैनिकों के युद्ध-बोल और घायलों के कराहने की ध्वनि सारे आकाश में छा गई।

     hāthiyõ kī ciṅghāṛõ, ghoṛõ kī hī̃s, sainikõ ke yuddh-bol aur ghāylõ ke karāhne kī dhvani sāre ākāś mẽ chā gaī.

     The sound of the roars of elephants, the neighing of horses, the war cries of soldiers and the groans of the wounded filled the entire sky.

Declension

Declension of हींस (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हींस hī̃s	हींसें hī̃sẽ
oblique	हींस hī̃s	हींसों hī̃sõ
vocative	हींस hī̃s	हींसो hī̃so

Derived terms

• हींसना (hī̃snā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हींस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1075
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hēṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 819