किंनर

किंनर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬓᬶᬂᬦᬭ (Balinese script)
• কিংনৰ (Assamese script)
• কিংনর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰽𑰡𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌂𑌨𑌰 (Grantha script)
• કિંનર (Gujarati script)
• ꦏꦶꦁꦤꦫ (Javanese script)
• ಕಿಂನರ (Kannada script)
• ကိံနရ (Burmese script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑑄𑐣𑐬 (Newa script)
• କିଂନର (Oriya script)
• ꢒꢶꢀꢥꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆁𑆤𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖽𑖡𑖨 (Siddham script)
• కింనర (Telugu script)
• ཀིཾནར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑓀𑒢𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From किम् (kim) +‎ नर (nara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kĩ.n̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkĩ.n̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

किंनर • (kiṃnara) m

1. a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, originally perhaps a kind of monkey
2. (Late Sanskrit) a gandharva or a celestial chorister, celebrated as a musician (also attached to the service of kubera and (Jainism) one of the eight orders of the vyantaras)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of किंनर (kiṃnara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	किंनरः kiṃnaraḥ	किंनरौ kiṃnarau	किंनराः / किंनरासः¹ kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹
Vocative	किंनर kiṃnara	किंनरौ kiṃnarau	किंनराः / किंनरासः¹ kiṃnarāḥ / kiṃnarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	किंनरम् kiṃnaram	किंनरौ kiṃnarau	किंनरान् kiṃnarān
Instrumental	किंनरेण kiṃnareṇa	किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām	किंनरैः / किंनरेभिः¹ kiṃnaraiḥ / kiṃnarebhiḥ¹
Dative	किंनराय kiṃnarāya	किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām	किंनरेभ्यः kiṃnarebhyaḥ
Ablative	किंनरात् kiṃnarāt	किंनराभ्याम् kiṃnarābhyām	किंनरेभ्यः kiṃnarebhyaḥ
Genitive	किंनरस्य kiṃnarasya	किंनरयोः kiṃnarayoḥ	किंनराणाम् kiṃnarāṇām
Locative	किंनरे kiṃnare	किंनरयोः kiṃnarayoḥ	किंनरेषु kiṃnareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “किंनर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 283, column 1.