سنگھ

سنگھ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰo-, ultimately a borrowing from a Central Asian substrate language.

Noun

سِن٘گھ • (siṉgh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿੰਘ)

1. lion
   • Bhai Gurdas, translation by Dr Jodh Singh, Varan Bhai Gurdas, volume 1, page 27:

     ‏سنگھ بکے مرگاولی بھنی جائے نہ دھیر دھروآ‎‎

     siṅgh buke mirgāvalī bhannī jāe na dhīr dharoā

     With the roar of the lion in the forest the flocks of escaping deer now cannot have endurance.

   Synonyms: شیر‎ (sher), کیہر‎ (kehar), شینہ‎ (shī̃h)

Proper noun

سِن٘گھ • (siṉgh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਿੰਘ)

1. (Sikhism) a Punjabi surname, Singh

Derived terms

• سنگھنی‎ f (siṅghṇī)

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Urdu

Alternative forms

• سنہ‎ (sĩṅh)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ̃ŋɡʱ/

Noun

سنگھ • (sĩṅgh) m (Hindi spelling सिंघ)

1. lion

   Synonym: شیر‎ (šer)