Surname · Punjabi
سنگھ
سنگھ (siṉgh) is a surname from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Punjabi.
PunjabiWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Singh.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
سنگھ comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit सिंह, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *sinǵʰós.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
سنگھ’s family of names
In Punjabi usage, سنگھ as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with شِین٘ہ. In Urdu usage, سنگھ as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Singh. In Punjabi usage, سنگھ as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as siṉgh.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
سنگھ has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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