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सिंह

सिंह (sĩh) is a surname from Sanskrit. It is used in Hindi.

Hindi and SanskritWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Singh.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

सिंह comes from Sanskrit.

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How it developed

From Sanskrit सिंह.

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सिंह’s family of names

सिंह shares a linguistic root with the Tibetan form སེང་གེ. सिंह has a conventional equivalent in the English form Singh. सिंह shares a linguistic root with the Tibetan form སེངྒེ.

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सिंह has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.

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सिंह’s family of names

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Across languages 7

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