हीरा

हीरा

See also: हरा, हरू, ह्री, हार, हरि, हर, and हिरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦiː.ɾɑː/, [ɦiː.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit हीरग (hīraga), from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka)[1][2]. Doublet of हीर (hīr) and हीरक (hīrak). Cognate with Punjabi ਹੀਰਾ (hīrā) / ہِیرا‎ (hīrā), Sindhi هيِرو‎ / हीरो, Gujarati હીરો (hīro), Marathi हिरा (hirā), Bengali হীরা (hīra), Assamese হীৰা (hira).

Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) m (Urdu spelling ہِیرا‎)

1. diamond (a type of rare gemstone)

   कल, हीरे का मूल्य बहुत कम हो गया।

   kal, hīre kā mūlya bahut kam ho gayā.

   Yesterday, the value of diamond decreased greatly.

Declension

Declension of हीरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हीरा hīrā	हीरे hīre
oblique	हीरे hīre	हीरों hīrõ
vocative	हीरे hīre	हीरो hīro

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हीरा (hīrā).[3]

Proper noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f

1. (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi

   Synonyms: लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), रमा (ramā), लोल (lol)

Declension

Declension of हीरा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	हीरा hīrā
oblique	हीरा hīrā
vocative	हीरा hīrā

Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f (rare, formal)

1. an ant

   Synonyms: चींटी (cī̃ṭī), पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

Declension

Declension of हीरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हीरा hīrā	हीरे hīre
oblique	हीरे hīre	हीरों hīrõ
vocative	हीरे hīre	हीरो hīro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “हीरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “हीरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• S. W. Fallon (1879), “हीरा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• “हीरा”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

References

1. Platts, John T. (1884), “हीरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “hīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
3. Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “हीरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬷᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• হীৰা (Assamese script)
• হীরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰱𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑍀𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• હીરા (Gujarati script)
• ਹੀਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦲꦷꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• ហីរា (Khmer script)
• ಹೀರಾ (Kannada script)
• ຫີຣາ (Lao script)
• ഹീരാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘮𑘲𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᢈᢈᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡥᡳᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဟီရာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧎𑧓𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐷𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହୀରା (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢷꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆵𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖱𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හීරා (Sinhalese script)
• హీరా (Telugu script)
• หีรา (Thai script)
• ཧཱི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒲𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the feminine form of हीर (hīra).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦiː.ɾɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦiː.ɾɑː/

Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f

1. an ant

   Synonym: पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of हीरा (hīrā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हीरा hīrā	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Vocative	हीरे hīre	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Accusative	हीराम् hīrām	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Instrumental	हीरया / हीरा¹ hīrayā / hīrā¹	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभिः hīrābhiḥ
Dative	हीरायै hīrāyai	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभ्यः hīrābhyaḥ
Ablative	हीरायाः hīrāyāḥ	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभ्यः hīrābhyaḥ
Genitive	हीरायाः hīrāyāḥ	हीरयोः hīrayoḥ	हीराणाम् hīrāṇām
Locative	हीरायाम् hīrāyām	हीरयोः hīrayoḥ	हीरासु hīrāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f

1. (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of हीरा (hīrā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हीरा hīrā	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Vocative	हीरे hīre	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Accusative	हीराम् hīrām	हीरे hīre	हीराः hīrāḥ
Instrumental	हीरया / हीरा¹ hīrayā / hīrā¹	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभिः hīrābhiḥ
Dative	हीरायै hīrāyai	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभ्यः hīrābhyaḥ
Ablative	हीरायाः hīrāyāḥ	हीराभ्याम् hīrābhyām	हीराभ्यः hīrābhyaḥ
Genitive	हीरायाः hīrāyāḥ	हीरयोः hīrayoḥ	हीराणाम् hīrāṇām
Locative	हीरायाम् hīrāyām	हीरयोः hīrayoḥ	हीरासु hīrāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

1. Monier Williams (1899), “हीरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1300, column 3.