As a Hindi name
हीर · noun · masculine
हीरा नामक रत्न · वज्र । बिजली · सर्प । साँप — Śabdasāgara
हीर · noun · masculine
किसी बस्तु के भीतर का सार भाग । गूदा या सत । सार । जैसे,—जौ का हीर, गेहूँ का हीर, सौंफ का हीर · लकड़ी के भीतर का सार भाग जो छाल के नीचे होता है । जैसे,—इसके हीर की लकड़ी मजबूत होती है · शरीर की सार वस्तु । धातु । वीर्य । जैसे,—उसकी देह का हीर तो निकल गया — Śabdasāgara
हीर · hīr · s.m.
Essence, elemental part, pith — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
हीर · hīra · s.m.
Indra's thunderbolt; a thunderbolt — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
हीर · feminine
Heer (tragic lover in a classical Punjabi romance); a tragic lover
हीर · masculine
diamond
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit हीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀻𑀭 (hīra), from Sanskrit हीर (hīra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hīra m. a diamond, L.
a thunderbolt, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a diamond
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hīra" is the vocative of "hīrā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
hīra m. a diamond, L.
a thunderbolt, L.
a serpent, L.
a lion, L.
a string of pearls (connected with 1. hāra), L.
hīrā (ā), f. a kind of ant or moth, L.
Gmelina Arborea, L.
Alternative readings
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