As a deity name
Name 753 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
किन्नर · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ किन्नरी] एक प्रकार के देवता — Śabdasāgara
किन्नर · noun · masculine
गुफा । खोह । कंदर — Śabdasāgara
किन्नर · kinnar · s.m.
(f. -ī), A mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse, reckoned among the Gandharvas or celestial choristers; a class of demigods attached to the service of Kuvera, the god of riches — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 854
किन्नर · masculine
kinnara (divine class of gandharvas who excel at music); hijra, eunuch, transgender
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi किंनर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit किन्नर (kinnara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kiṃ-nara &c. See kim.
kiṃ—nara m. ‘what sort of man?’ a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, Śiś. iv, 38; originally perhaps a kind of monkey, cf. vā-nara; in later times (like the Naras) reckoned among the Gandharvas or celestial choristers, and celebrated as musicians; also attached to the service of Kubera; (with Jains) one of the eight orders of the Vyantaras), Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 A demigod attached to the service of KUVERA, a celestial quirister or musician. 2 A kind of follower or attendant on a Jina or Jaina saint. (-rī) A female Kinnara, or chorister.…
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M1 · same meaning "kinnara" is the vocative of "kiṃnara" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kinnara" is the vocative of "kiṃnarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
kinnara See under kim.
kinnara m. (-raḥ) 1 A demigod attached to the service of KUVERA, a celestial quirister or musician. 2 A kind of follower or attendant on a Jina or Jaina saint. f. (-rī) A female Kinnara, or chorister. E. kiṃ what, used contemptuously, (what kind of) nara a man: the Kinnara having, with the human figure, the head of a horse.
kiṃ-nara &c. See kim.
kiṃ—nara m. ‘what sort of man?’ a mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse (or with a horse's body and the head of a man, Śiś. iv, 38; originally perhaps a kind of monkey, cf. vā-nara; in later times (like the Naras) reckoned among the Gandharvas or celestial choristers, and celebrated as musicians; also attached to the service of Kubera; (with Jains) one of the eight orders of the Vyantaras), Mn.; MBh. &c.
kiṃ—narā f. a kind of musical instrument, L. (cf. κινύρα)
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