जिघांसा
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जिघांसा (jighāṃsā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ɡʱɑːn.sɑː/, [d͡ʒɪ.ɡʱä̃ːn̪.s̪äː]
Noun
जिघांसा • (jighānsā) f
- desire to kill or destroy
- Synonym: मारने की इच्छा (mārne kī icchā)
- revenge
- Synonyms: बदला (badlā), प्रतिहिंसा (pratihinsā), प्रतिशोध (pratiśodh), प्रतिवैर (prativair)
Declension
Declension of जिघांसा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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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
- ᬚᬶᬖᬵᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
- জিঘাংসা (Assamese script)
- জিঘাংসা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰰𑰑𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑀺𑀖𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑌿𑌘𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
- જિઘાંસા (Gujarati script)
- ਜਿਘਾਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦗꦶꦓꦴꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
- ជិឃាំសា (Khmer script)
- ಜಿಘಾಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
- ຊິຆາໍສາ (Lao script)
- ജിഘാംസാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘕𑘱𑘑𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᢈᢀ᠋ᠺᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᡯᡳᢀ᠋ᢚᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- ဇိဃာံသာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦵𑧒𑦱𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑐶𑐑𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜିଘାଂସା (Oriya script)
- ꢙꢶꢕꢵꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑆴𑆔𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖰𑖑𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ජිඝාංසා (Sinhalese script)
- జిఘాంసా (Telugu script)
- ชิฆาํสา (Thai script)
- ཛི་གྷཱཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑒱𑒒𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta 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) f
- 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.
- ततो रथादवप्लुत्य खड्गपाणिर्जिघांसया। कृष्णमभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्धः पतङ्ग इव पावकम्॥
- malice, revenge
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of जिघांसा (jighāṃsā) | |||
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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 jighāṃsāyāḥ | जिघांसाभ्याम् jighāṃsābhyām | जिघांसाभ्यः jighāṃsābhyaḥ |
Genitive | जिघांसायाः jighāṃsāyāḥ | जिघांसयोः jighāṃsayoḥ | जिघांसानाम् jighāṃsānām |
Locative | जिघांसायाम् jighāṃsāyām | जिघांसयोः jighāṃsayoḥ | जिघांसासु jighāṃsāsu |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “जिघांसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 421.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “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