चिह्न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिह्न (cihna). Doublet of चिन्ह (cinha).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪɦ.nᵊ/, [t͡ʃɪʱ.nᵊ], /t͡ʃɪn.ɦᵊ/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n.ɦᵊ]

Noun

चिह्न • (cihna) m

synonym of चिन्ह (cinha)

Declension

Declension of *चिह्न* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	चिह्न cihna	चिह्न cihna
oblique	चिह्न cihna	चिह्नों cihnõ
vocative	चिह्न cihna	चिह्नो cihno

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

চিহ্ন (Assamese script)
ᬘᬶᬳ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
চিহ্ন (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰰𑰮𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀺𑀳𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
စိဟ္န (Burmese script)
ચિહ્ન (Gujarati script)
ਚਿਹ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌿𑌹𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦶꦲ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂱𑂯𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಚಿಹ್ನ (Kannada script)
ចិហ្ន (Khmer script)
ຈິຫ຺ນ (Lao script)
ചിഹ്ന (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡳᡥᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘱𑘮𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢋᠢᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧒𑧎𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐶𑐴𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
ଚିହ୍ନ (Odia script)
ꢗꢶꢲ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆴𑆲𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖰𑖮𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
චිහ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩑𑪂 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚮𑚩𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
சிஹ்ந (Tamil script)
చిహ్న (Telugu script)
จิหฺน (Thai script)
ཙི་ཧྣ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒱𑒯𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨁𑨱𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चि (ci) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiɦ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕiɦ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

चिह्न • (cihna) stem, m

symbol

Descendants

→ Balinese: ᬘᬶᬳ᭄ᬦ (learned)
→ Bengali: চিহ্ন (cihno) (learned)
→ Malayalam: ചിഹ്നം (cihnaṁ) (learned)
→ Punjabi: ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (cinnh) (learned)
→ Tamil: சின்னம் (ciṉṉam)