हिमालय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.mɑː.ləj/, [ɦɪ.mäː.l̪əj], /ɦɪ.mɑː.lɛ/, [ɦɪ.mäː.l̪ɛ]

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālay) m

1. the Himalayas

Declension

Declension of हिमालय (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	हिमालय himālay
oblique	हिमालय himālay
vocative	हिमालय himālay

Related terms

• आलय (ālay)
• हिम (him)

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Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦimälʌe]
• Phonetic Devanagari: हिमालए

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālaya)

1. the Himalayas

Declension

Declension of हिमालय
	Singular	Plural
nominative	हिमालय (himālaya)	हिमालयहरू (himālayharū)
accusative	हिमालयलाई (himālayalāī)	हिमालयहरूलाई (himālayharūlāī)
instrumental	हिमालयले (himālayale)	हिमालयहरूले (himālayharūle)
dative	हिमालयलाई (himālayalāī)	हिमालयहरूलाई (himālayharūlāī)
ablative	हिमालयबाट (himālaybāṭa)	हिमालयहरूबाट (himālayharūbāṭa)
genitive	हिमालयको (himālayako)	हिमालयहरूको (himālayharūko)
locative	हिमालयमा (himālayamā)	हिमालयहरूमा (himālayharūmā)
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Related terms

• हिउँ (hiũ)
• हिम (him)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬶᬫᬵᬮᬬ (Balinese script)
• হিমালয (Assamese script)
• হিমালয (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰯𑰩𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌯 (Grantha script)
• હિમાલય (Gujarati script)
• ꦲꦶꦩꦴꦭꦪ (Javanese script)
• ហិមាលយ (Khmer script)
• ಹಿಮಾಲಯ (Kannada script)
• ຫິມາລຍ (Lao script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘰𑘩𑘧 (Modi script)
• ဟိမာလယ (Burmese script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧑𑧉𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐫 (Newa script)
• ହିମାଲଯ (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢶꢪꢵꢭꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖯𑖩𑖧 (Siddham script)
• హిమాలయ (Telugu script)
• หิมาลย (Thai script)
• ཧིམཱལཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒰𑒪𑒨 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Compound of हिम (hima, “snow, frost”) +‎ आलय (ālaya, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦiˈmɑː.l̪ɐ.jɐ/

Proper noun

हिमालय • (himālaya) m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. the Himalayas
2. (Hinduism, mythology) Himalaya, the personified range, husband of Menaka and father of Parvati (wife of Shiva) and Gang (the personified Ganges)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of हिमालय (himālaya)
	Singular
Nominative	हिमालयः himālayaḥ
Vocative	हिमालय himālaya
Accusative	हिमालयम् himālayam
Instrumental	हिमालयेन himālayena
Dative	हिमालयाय himālayāya
Ablative	हिमालयात् himālayāt
Genitive	हिमालयस्य himālayasya
Locative	हिमालये himālaye

Descendants

• → Chinese: 喜馬拉雅
• → Tamil: இமயம் (imayam)
• → Tibetan: ཧི་མ་ལ་ཡ (hi ma la ya)
• → Assamese: হিমালয় (himaloy) (learned)
• → Bengali: হিমালয় (himalôẏ) (learned)
• → Gujarati: હિમાલય (himālya) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: हिमालय (himālay)

  Urdu: ہمالئے‎ (himāla'e)

  → Urdu: ہمالیہ‎ (himāliyah) (semi-learned)

• → Marathi: हिमालय (himālay) (learned)
• → Nepali: हिमालय (himālaya) (learned)
• → Oriya: ହିମାଳୟ (himaḷôyô) (learned)
• → Telugu: హిమాలయము (himālayamu), హిమాలయం (himālayaṁ) (learned)
• → English: Himalaya; Himmaleh (learned)

  ⇒ English: Himalayas

• → German: Himalaja (learned)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2022), “himālaya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Monier Williams (1899), “हिमालय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1299.