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हीरा

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

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Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) 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 (hira), 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
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singular plural
direct हीरा
hīrā		 हीरे
hīre
oblique हीरे
hīre		 हीरों
hīrõ
vocative हीरे
hīre		 हीरो
hīro
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Declension of हीरा (masc ā-stem)

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)
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singular
direct हीरा
hīrā
oblique हीरा
hīrā
vocative हीरा
hīrā
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Declension of हीरा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f (rare, formal)

  1. an ant
    Synonyms: चींटी (cī̃ṭī), पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)
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singular plural
direct हीरा
hīrā		 हीरे
hīre
oblique हीरे
hīre		 हीरों
hīrõ
vocative हीरे
hīre		 हीरो
hīro
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Declension of हीरा (masc ā-stem)

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.
  • The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s): 
    1=hi
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    S. W. Fallon (1879) “हीरा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • “हीरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

References

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

Sanskrit

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