As a deity name
Name 919 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
इन · pron
'इस' का बहुवचन — Śabdasāgara
इन · noun · masculine
सूर्य · प्रभु । स्वामी · राजा । नरेश (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
इन · in · pron.
yěh), These; them; this (man) him (by way of politeness) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 84
यह
this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)
यह
this
Cited formation "इन" is इ + -न: इ means "the third vowel in Hindi", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit एष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éy Proto-Indo-European *só Proto-Indo-Iranian *ayšá Sanskrit ए॒ष (eṣá) Prakrit एसो (eso) Apabhramsa एहु (ehu) Old Hindi यहु (yahu) Hindi यह Inherited from Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Apabhramsa एहु m (ehu), एह f (eha), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. eṣa mfn. gliding, running, hastening, RV.
2. eṣa (nom. m. of etad, q.v.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
able, strong, energetic, determined, bold
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ina mfn. (fr. √ i, Uṇ. iii, 2; or fr. in = √ inv), able, strong, energetic, determined, bold
powerful, mighty
wild
glorious, RV.
ina (as), m. a lord, master
Alternative readings
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