अग्नि

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आग (āg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɡ.niː/

Proper noun

अग्नि • (agni) m (Urdu spelling اگنی‎)

1. (Hinduism) Agni

Noun

अग्नि • (agni) m (Urdu spelling اگنی‎)

1. (formal) fire

   Synonyms: आग (āg), आतिश (ātiś)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Proper noun

अग्नि • (Agni) m

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

Noun

अग्नि • (agni) m

1. fire

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Proper noun

अग्नि • (agni)

1. Agni, Hindu deity of fire

Noun

अग्नि • (agni)

1. fire

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अग्नि (agni).

Noun

अग्नि (agni) f

1. fire

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagnís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognate with Latin ignis, possibly Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (akniš) and Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ) / ⱁⰳⱀⱐ (ognĭ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɡ.n̪í/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɡ.n̪i/

Proper noun

अग्नि • (agní).

1. Agni, god of fire
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1

     अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवं रत्वीजम ।
     होतारं रत्नधातमम ॥

     agnimīḷe purohitaṃ yajñasya devaṃ ratvījama .
     hotāraṃ ratnadhātamama .

     I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
     The hotar, lavishest of wealth.

Noun

अग्नि • (agní) m

1. fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, गार्हपत्य (gārhapatya), आहवनीय (āhavanīya), and दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa))
2. the number three
3. the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid
4. bile
5. gold
6. name of various plants; Semecarpus anacardium, Plumbago zeylanica, Plumbago indica, Citrus aurantifolia
7. mystical substitute for the letter r
8. in the कातन्त्र (kātantra) grammar, name of noun-stems ending in i and u

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0005