हिंस्

हिंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬶᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হিংস্ (Assamese script)
• হিংস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• હિંસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਂਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦲꦶꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ហិំស៑ (Khmer script)
• ಹಿಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ຫິໍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹിംസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠾᢈᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡥᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• ဟိံသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହିଂସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢶꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හිංස් (Sinhalese script)
• హింస్ (Telugu script)
• หิํสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧིཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (“fright”), an extension of *ǵʰey- (“wound, thrust”). See हेषस् (heṣas) for more.

Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦĩs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦis̪/

Root

हिंस् • (hiṃs)

1. to injure, harm, wound,
2. kill destroy

Derived terms

• हिनस्ति (hinásti)
• हिंसा (híṃsā)
• हेषस् (héṣas)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “हिंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1297.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “हिंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 174
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0427