हंस

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun

हंस • (hans) m (Urdu spelling ہنس‎)

  1. swan
  2. Brahminy duck, Tadorna ferruginea

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰansás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰansás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁‎ (zā), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Latin ānser, Lingala zoss, German Gans, Old Irish géiss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Old English gōs (whence English goose).

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)
  • ꦲꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
  • ಹಂಸ (Kannada script)
  • ဟံသ (Burmese script)
  • ହଂସ (Oriya script)
  • ꢲꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆲𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖮𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
  • హంస (Telugu script)
  • ཧཾས (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒯𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Noun

हंस • (haṃsá) m

  1. a goose, gander, swan, flamingo (or other aquatic bird, considered as a bird of passage)
  2. 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
  3. the soul or spirit (typified by the pure white colour of a goose or swan, and migratory like a goose)
  4. sometimes "the Universal Soul or Supreme Spirit", identified with Virāj, Nārāyaṇa, Vishnu, Shiva, Kāma, and the Sun
  5. (in the dual) "the universal and the individual Spirit"
  6. a kind of ascetic
  7. a man of supernatural qualities born under a particular constellation
  8. an excellent draught-ox (according to some, a buffalo)
  9. a temple of a particular form
  10. a kind of mantra or mystical text
  11. name of two metres
  12. (music) a kind of measure
  13. a mystical name of the letter 'h'
  14. 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

Proper noun

हंस • (haṃsá) m

  1. name of a Deva-gandharva
  2. name of a Dānava
  3. name of a son of Brahmā
  4. name of a son of Vasu-deva
  5. name of a son of A-riṣṭā
  6. name of a son of Brahma-datta and general of Jarā-saṃdha
  7. name of various authors etc.
  8. name of one of the Moon's horses
  9. name of a mountain
  10. name of the Brahmans in Plakṣa-dvīpa

References
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