Word history
Wiktionary records सिंह (sĩh) as a Hindi surname. The entry traces the word to Sanskrit siṃha as a learned borrowing and distinguishes it from the related form siṅgh. Monier-Williams supplies the literal animal sense lion. The nasal element in the Sanskrit spelling is represented differently in modern Latin spellings; the short form Singh retains the word without its final Sanskrit vowel.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword siṃha, page 1213, column 1, entry L243733
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword siṃha, page 1213, column 1, entry L243733
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