# हिम
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हिम (himá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”). Doublet of हिँव (hĩv), a tadbhava.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɦɪm/, [ɦɪ̃m]

### Noun

हिम • (him) m (Urdu spelling ہم)
* snow, ice, frost
    Synonym: बर्फ़ (barf)
    अगला हिम युग कब आएगा इसका सटीक आकलन फिलहाल नहीं किया जा सका है।aglā him yug kab āegā iskā saṭīk āklan philhāl nahī̃ kiyā jā sakā hai.Currently, we cannot accurately estimate when the next ice age will arrive.

#### Derived terms

* हिमकंदुक (himkanduk, “snowball”)
* हिमतेंदुआ (himtenduā, “snow leopard”)
* हिमनदी (himandī, “glacier, ice-river”)
* हिमपात (himpāt, “snowfall”)
* हिममानव (himmānav, “snowman”)
* हिमलंब (himlamb, “icicle”)
* हिमवंत (himvant, “snow-like, bright”)
* हिमशिखर (himśikhar, “ice-cap”)
* हिमशैल (himśail, “iceberg”)
* हिमांक (himāṅk, “freezing point”)
* हिमांशु (himāñśu, “moon”)
* हिमाचल (himācal, “land of snow-clad mountains”)
* हिमाद्रि (himādri, “snow peak”)
* हिमानि (himāni, “fjord”)
* हिमालय (himālay, “abode of snow”)
* हिमेश (himeś, “lord of snow”)

#### References

* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “हिम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* hima (Latin script)
* 𑀳𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* হিম (Bengali script)
* හිම (Sinhalese script)
* ဟိမ or ႁိမ (Burmese script)
* หิม or หิมะ (Thai script)
* ᩉᩥᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ຫິມ or ຫິມະ (Lao script)
* ហិម (Khmer script)
* 𑄦𑄨𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Noun

हिम n
* Devanagari script form of hima (“snow”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* হিম (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬶᬫ (Balinese script)
* হিম (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰰𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* ဟိမ (Burmese script)
* હિમ (Gujarati script)
* ਹਿਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑌿𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦶꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂱𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ಹಿಮ (Kannada script)
* ហិម (Khmer script)
* ຫິມ (Lao script)
* ഹിമ (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᡳᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘱𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠢᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧒𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐶𑐩 (Newa script)
* ହିମ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢶꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆴𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖰𑖦 (Siddham script)
* හිම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩑𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚮𑚢 (Takri script)
* ஹிம (Tamil script)
* హిమ (Telugu script)
* หิม (Thai script)
* ཧི་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒱𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨁𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰimás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰimós (“cold, frost”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬌𐬌𐬃 (ziiā̊), Ashkun žím, Kamkata-viri źím, Waigali zim, Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma), Hittite 𒄀𒈠𒀭 (giman), Latin hiems, Lithuanian žiema, Old Church Slavonic зима (zima).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦi.mɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɦi.mɐ/

### Noun

हिम • (himá) stem, m
* cold, frost
* the cold season, winter

#### Declension
### Noun

हिम • (himá) stem, n
* frost, hoarfrost, snow (rarely "ice")
* sandalwood (of cooling properties)

### See also

Seasons in Sanskrit · ऋतवः (ṛtavaḥ) (layout · text) · category :
| कुसुमाकर (kusumākara, “spring”) | ग्रीष्म (grīṣma, “summer”) | शरद् (śarad, “autumn”) | हिम (hima, “winter”) |

#### Derived terms

* हिमाचल (himācala)

#### Borrowed terms

* → Hindi: हिम (him)
* → Kannada: ಹಿಮ (hima)
* → Santali: ᱦᱤᱢ (him)
* → Tamil: இமம் (imam)
* → Telugu: హిమము (himamu)
* → Thai: หิมะ (hì-má)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Gawar-Bati: ہم (hīm)
** Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (hī̃)
** Grangali: [script needed] (im)
** Kalami: ہم (him)
** Kashmiri: [script needed] (himun, “to snow”)
** Khowar: ہیم (him)
** Northeast Pashayi: ہم (hīm)
** Northwest Pashayi: ہم (hīm)
** Southeast Pashayi: ہم (hīm)
** Southwest Pashayi: ہم (hīm)
** Savi: [script needed] (hina)
** Shina: ہم (him)
** Shumashti: [script needed] (īm)
** Torwali: ہم (him)
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (īm)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: හිම (hima)
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: हिउँ (hiũ)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀺𑀫 (hima)
** Konkani: इंव (ĩv)
** Marathi: हिंव (hiuva)
* Pali: hima
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਹਿੰਮ (himma)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀺𑀫 (hima)
** Garhwali: हिउँ (hiũ)
** Gujarati: હિમ (him)
** Hindi: हिँव (hĩv)
** Kumaoni: हिउँ (hiũ)
** Romani: iv

### Adjective

हिम • (himá) stem
* cold, cool

#### Declension
### Related terms

* हेमन् (heman)
* हेमन्त (hemanta)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “हिम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 815-6
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “himá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press