Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sinha

/sˈɪnhə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
sin-ha
IPA
/sˈɪnhə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Hindi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Marathi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Nepali सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Bengali সিংহ (siṁha, “lion”), or Gujarati સિંહ (siṁha, “lion”), or Punjabi ਸ਼ੀਂਹ (siṁha, “lion”). Doublet of Singh

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: सिंह, সিংহ, સિંહ, ਸ਼ੀਂਹ

Inflected Forms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce sinha?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪnhə/.
What does sinha mean?
A surname.
Where does sinha come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce sinha

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