# अग्नि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आग (āg). First attested as Old Hindi अग्नि (agni).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /əɡ.niː/, [ɐɡ.niː]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

अग्नि • (agni) m (Urdu spelling اگنی)
* (Hinduism) Agni

#### Declension
### Noun

अग्नि • (agni) f (Urdu spelling اگنی)
* (formal) fire
    Synonyms: आग (āg), आतिश (ātiś)

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Alternative forms

* अग्नी (agnī)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आग (āg). Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əɡ.ni/, [əɡ.niː]

### Proper noun

अग्नि • (agni) m
* (Hinduism) Agni (Hindu deity of fire)

### Noun

अग्नि • (agni) m
* (formal) fire

#### Declension
## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní). Doublet of आगो (āgo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌɡ̞ni]
* Phonetic Devanagari: अग्नि

### Proper noun

अग्नि • (agni)
* Agni, Hindu deity of fire

#### Declension
### Noun

अग्नि • (agni)
* fire
    Synonym: आगो (āgo)

#### Declension
## Old Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

### Noun

अग्नि (agni) f
* fire

#### Descendants

* Hindustani:
    Hindi: अग्नि (agni)
    Urdu: اَگْنی (agnī)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অগ্নি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬕ᭄ᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
* অগ্নি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰐𑰿𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အဂ္နိ (Burmese script)
* અગ્નિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਗ੍ਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦒ꧀ꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂏𑂹𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಗ್ನಿ (Kannada script)
* អគ្និ (Khmer script)
* ອຄ຺ນິ (Lao script)
* അഗ്നി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡤᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠺᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦰𑧠𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐐𑑂𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅଗ୍ନି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢔ꣄ꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖐𑖿𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අග‍්නි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩞 𑪙𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚌𑚶𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
* அக்³நி (Tamil script)
* అగ్ని (Telugu script)
* อคฺนิ (Thai script)
* ཨ་གྣི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒑𑓂𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨍𑩇𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís. Cognate with Latin ignis, Old Church Slavonic огнь (ognĭ), ⱁⰳⱀⱐ (ognĭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐɡ.ní/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐɡ.n̪i/

### Proper noun

अग्नि • (agní) stem, m
* Agni, god of fire
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.1.1:अ॒ग्निम्ई॒ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विजं॑ । होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मं ॥agnímīḷé puróhitaṃ yajñásya devámṛtvíjaṃ. hótāraṃ ratnadhā́tamaṃ.I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation (to the gods), and is the possessor of great wealth.

#### Declension
### Noun

अग्नि • (agní) stem, m
* fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, गार्हपत्य (gārhapatya), आहवनीय (āhavanīya), and दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa))
* the number three
* the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid
* bile
* gold
* name of various plants; Semecarpus anacardium, Plumbago zeylanica, Plumbago indica, Citrus aurantifolia
* mystical substitute for the letter r
* in the कातन्त्र (kātantra) grammar, name of noun-stems ending in i and u

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: اۆگُن (ogun)
    Devanagari script: ऒगुन (ogun)
    Sharada script: 𑆏𑆓𑆶𑆤𑇀 (ogun)
* Gandhari: 𐨀𐨒𐨁 (agi)
* Pali: aggi (see there for further descendants)
* → Assamese: অগ্নি (ogni)
* → Bengali: অগ্নি (ogni) (learned)
* → English: Agni
* → Gujarati: અગ્નિ (agni)
* → Hindustani: (semi-learned)
    Hindi: अगन (agan)
    Urdu: اگن (agan)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: अग्नि (agni)
    Urdu: اگنی (agni)
* → Old Javanese: agni, gĕni (see there for further descendants)
* → Kannada: ಅಗ್ನಿ (agni)
* → Lao: ອັກຄະນີ (ʼak kha nī)
* → Old Marathi:
    Modi script: 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡 (agna), 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘲 (agnī), 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘲 (ajñī)
    Devanagari script: अग्न (agna), अग्नि (agni), अज्ञी (ajñī)
** Marathi: अग्नि (agni), अग्नी (agnī)
* → Marwari: अगन (agan), अगनी (agnī) (semi-learned)
* → Odia: ଅଗ୍ନି (agni) (learned)
* → Russian: Агни́ (Agní)
* → Tamil: அக்கினி (akkiṉi), அக்னி (akṉi)
* → Malayalam: അഗ്നി (agni)
* → Telugu: అగ్ని (agni)
* → Thai: อัคนี (àk-ká-nii)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अग्नि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0005.