शृङ्ग

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • the horn of an animal
  • the tusk of an elephant
  • the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
  • the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
  • any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
  • a cusp or horn of the moon.
  • highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hngám inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hngám inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱr̥h₂-nó-m

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