sīha

See also: siha and Siha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• सीह (Devanagari script)
• সীহ (Bengali script)
• සීහ (Sinhalese script)
• သီဟ or သဳဟ or သီႁ (Burmese script)
• สีห or สีหะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩦᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ສີຫ or ສີຫະ (Lao script)
• សីហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄩𑄦 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha).

Noun

sīha m (feminine sīhī)

1. lion

Declension

Declension table of "sīha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sīho	sīhā
Accusative (second)	sīhaṃ	sīhe
Instrumental (third)	sīhena	sīhehi or sīhebhi
Dative (fourth)	sīhassa or sīhāya or sīhatthaṃ	sīhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sīhasmā or sīhamhā or sīhā	sīhehi or sīhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sīhassa	sīhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sīhasmiṃ or sīhamhi or sīhe	sīhesu
Vocative (calling)	sīha	sīhā

Descendants

• → Burmese: သိဟ် (sih), သီဟ (siha.) (learned)
• → Khmer: សីហា (səyhaa), សីហៈ (səyhaʼ) (learned)
• → Shan: သီႇႁႃႉ (sìi hâ̰a) (learned)
• → Thai: สีห์ (sǐi), สีหะ (learned)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sīha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead