हंस
See also: हँस, हस, हस्, हँसी, हिंसा, and हाँसो
Hindi
Alternative forms
- हँस (hãs)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá). Doublet of हाँस (hā̃s).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦəns/, [ɦə̃n̪s̪]
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Noun
हंस • (hans) m (Urdu spelling ہنس)
- swan
- goose
- Brahminy duck, Tadorna ferruginea
Declension
Declension of हंस (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | हंस hans | हंस hans |
| oblique | हंस hans | हंसों hansõ |
| vocative | हंस hans | हंसो hanso |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- haṃsa (Latin script)
- 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- হংস (Bengali script)
- හංස (Sinhalese script)
- ဟံသ or ႁံသ (Burmese script)
- หํส or หังสะ (Thai script)
- ᩉᩴᩈ or ᩉᩘᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ຫໍສ or ຫັງສະ (Lao script)
- ហំស (Khmer script)
- 𑄦𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)
Noun
हंस m
- Devanagari script form of haṃsa (“swan”)
Declension
Declension table of "हंस" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | हंसो (haṃso) | हंसा (haṃsā) |
| Accusative (second) | हंसं (haṃsaṃ) | हंसे (haṃse) |
| Instrumental (third) | हंसेन (haṃsena) | हंसेहि (haṃsehi) or हंसेभि (haṃsebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | हंसस्स (haṃsassa) or हंसाय (haṃsāya) or हंसत्थं (haṃsatthaṃ) | हंसानं (haṃsānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | हंसस्मा (haṃsasmā) or हंसम्हा (haṃsamhā) or हंसा (haṃsā) | हंसेहि (haṃsehi) or हंसेभि (haṃsebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | हंसस्स (haṃsassa) | हंसानं (haṃsānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | हंसस्मिं (haṃsasmiṃ) or हंसम्हि (haṃsamhi) or हंसे (haṃse) | हंसेसु (haṃsesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | हंस (haṃsa) | हंसा (haṃsā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬳᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
- হংস (Assamese script)
- হংস (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌹𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
- હંસ (Gujarati script)
- ਹਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦲꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
- ហំស (Khmer script)
- ಹಂಸ (Kannada script)
- ຫໍສ (Lao script)
- ഹംസ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘮𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠾᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဟံသ (Burmese script)
- 𑧎𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
- ହଂସ (Oriya script)
- ꢲꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
- හංස (Sinhalese script)
- హంస (Telugu script)
- หํส (Thai script)
- ཧཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Latin ānser, Latvian zoss, German Gans, Old Irish géiss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë (“heron”), Old English gōs (whence English goose).
Pronunciation
- (Rigveda) IPA(key): /ɦɐn.sɐ́/, /ɦɐ̃.s̪ɐ́/
- (Yajurveda chanting) IPA(key): /ɦɐ.ɡm̩.sɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɦɐ̃.s̪ɐ/
Noun
हंस • (haṃsá) m
- a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other aquatic bird, considered as a bird of passage)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.78.1:
- हंसाव्इव पततमा सुताँ उप ॥
- haṃsāviva patatamā sutām̐ upa .
- Like wild geese, fly here to the soma-pressings.
- हंसाव्इव पततमा सुताँ उप ॥
- sometimes a mere poetical or mythical bird, said in Rigveda to be able to separate Soma from water, when these two fluids are mixed, and in later literature, milk from water when these two are mixed
- the soul or spirit (typified by the pure white colour of a goose or swan, and migratory like a goose)
- sometimes "the Universal Soul or Supreme Spirit", identified with Virāj, Nārāyaṇa, Vishnu, Shiva, Kāma, and the Sun
- (in the dual) "the universal and the individual Spirit"
- a kind of ascetic
- a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation
- an excellent draught-ox (according to some, a buffalo)
- a temple of a particular form
- a kind of mantra or mystical text
- name of two metres
- (music) a kind of measure
- a mystical name of the letter 'h'
- a spiritual preceptor
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of हंस (haṃsá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | हंसः haṃsáḥ | हंसौ haṃsaú | हंसाः / हंसासः¹ haṃsā́ḥ / haṃsā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | हंस háṃsa | हंसौ háṃsau | हंसाः / हंसासः¹ háṃsāḥ / háṃsāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | हंसम् haṃsám | हंसौ haṃsaú | हंसान् haṃsā́n |
| Instrumental | हंसेन haṃséna | हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām | हंसैः / हंसेभिः¹ haṃsaíḥ / haṃsébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | हंसाय haṃsā́ya | हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām | हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | हंसात् haṃsā́t | हंसाभ्याम् haṃsā́bhyām | हंसेभ्यः haṃsébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | हंसस्य haṃsásya | हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ | हंसानाम् haṃsā́nām |
| Locative | हंसे haṃsé | हंसयोः haṃsáyoḥ | हंसेषु haṃséṣu |
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Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: হাঁহ (hãh)
- Bengali: হাঁস (hãs)
- Sylheti: ꠀꠃꠀ (áúa), ꠀꠁ (áí)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਹੰਸ (hans)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa)
- Hindi: हाँस (hā̃s)
- → Burmese: ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)
- → Khmer: ហង្ស (hɑng)
- → Kannada: ಹಂಸ (haṃsa)
- → Lao: ຫັງສະ (hang sa)
- → Mon: ဟံသာ (hɔŋsa)
- → Shan: ႁင်းသႃႇ (háng sàa)
- → Telugu: హంస (haṁsa)
- → Hindi: हंस (hans)
- → Thai: หงส์ (hong)
- → Malay: angsa
- → Iban: ansa
- Indonesian: angsa
Proper noun
हंस • (haṃsá) m
- name of a Deva-gandharva
- name of a Dānava
- name of a son of Brahmā
- name of a son of Vasu-deva
- name of a son of A-riṣṭā
- name of a son of Brahma-datta and general of Jarā-saṃdha
- name of various authors etc.
- name of one of the Moon's horses
- name of a mountain
- name of the Brahmans in Plakṣa-dvīpa
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “हंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1286.