As a deity name
Name 218 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 292 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 949 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 547 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
ईश्वर · noun · masculine
मालिक । स्वामी । प्रभु · योगशास्त्र के अनुसार क्लेश, कर्म, विपाक और आशय से पृथक् पुरुषविशेष । परमेश्वर । भगवान् · महादेव । शिव — Śabdasāgara
ईश्वर · adj
समर्थ । शक्तिमान् । संपन्न — Śabdasāgara
ईश्वर · īśwar · s.m.
Ruler, master, lord; the Supreme Being, God — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 113
ईश्वर · masculine
God, Ishvara; lord, master; husband; a title to address the god Shiva
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ईश्वर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
īśvara mfn. able to do, capable of (with gen. of Vedic inf., or with common inf.), liable, exposed to, AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; Kum.; Hit. &c.
īśvara mf(ī). master, lord, prince, king, mistress, queen, AV.; ŚBr.; Ragh.; Mn. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a husband
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
īśvara mfn. able to do, capable of (with gen. of Vedic inf., or with common inf.), liable, exposed to, AV.; TS.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; Kum.; Hit. &c.
īśvara mf(ī). master, lord, prince, king, mistress, queen, AV.; ŚBr.; Ragh.; Mn. &c.
īśvara (as), m. a husband, MBh.
God
the Supreme Being, Mn.; Suśr.; Yājñ. &c.
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