# हीरा
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɦiː.ɾɑː/, [ɦiː.ɾäː]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit हीरग (hīraga), from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka). Doublet of हीर (hīr) and हीरक (hīrak). Cognate with Punjabi ਹੀਰਾ (hīrā) / ہِیرا (hīrā), Sindhi هيِرو / हीरो, Gujarati હીરો (hīro), Marathi हिरा (hirā), Bengali হীরা (hira), Assamese হীৰা (hira).

#### Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) m (Urdu spelling ہِیرا)
* diamond (a type of rare gemstone)
    कल, हीरे का मूल्य बहुत कम हो गया।kal, hīre kā mūlya bahut kam ho gayā.Yesterday, the value of diamond decreased greatly.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हीरा (hīrā).

#### Proper noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f
* (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi
    Synonyms: लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), रमा (ramā), लोल (lol)

##### Declension
#### Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) f (rare, formal)
* an ant
    Synonyms: चींटी (cī̃ṭī), पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हीरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हीरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “हीरा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* “हीरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

### References

* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “हीरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हीरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* হীৰা (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬷᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
* হীরা (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰱𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဟီရာ (Burmese script)
* હીરા (Gujarati script)
* ਹੀਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑍀𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦷꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂲𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಹೀರಾ (Kannada script)
* ហីរា (Khmer script)
* ຫີຣາ (Lao script)
* ഹീരാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᡳᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘲𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧓𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐷𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
* ହୀରା (Odia script)
* ꢲꢷꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆵𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖱𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
* හීරා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚯𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஹீரா (Tamil script)
* హీరా (Telugu script)
* หีรา (Thai script)
* ཧཱི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒲𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the feminine form of हीर (hīra).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦiː.ɾɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦiː.ɾɑː/

### Noun

हीरा • (hīrā) stem, f
* an ant
    Synonym: पिपीलिका (pipīlikā)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

हीरा • (hīrā) stem, f
* (Hinduism) a name of Lakshmi

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “हीरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1300, column 3.