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kinnara

kinnara noun: a celestial lover and musician, half-human and either half-horse or half-bird.

Noun

kinnara (plural kinnaras)

  1. (Indian mythology) A celestial lover and musician, half-human and either half-horse or half-bird.

kinnara meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Sanskrit

kinnara in Hindi

celestial creature
किन्नर kinnar

kinnara in Tamil

மயன்

kinnara in Marathi

celestial creature
किन्नर kinnar

kinnara in Sanskrit

celestial creature
किन्नर kinnara
More languagesFewer languages
kinnara in Thai
กินนร gin-nɔɔn
kinnara in Vietnamese
khẩn na la
kinnara in Myanmar
ကိန္နရာ kinna.ra

Forms of kinnara

pluralkinnaras

Origin of kinnara

Transliteration of Sanskrit किन्नर (kinnara).

Questions about kinnara

What does kinnara mean?
Kinnara means a celestial lover and musician, half-human and either half-horse or half-bird.
What is kinnara in Hindi?
Kinnara in Hindi is किन्नर (kinnar). See Kinnara meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kinnara?
Kinnara is a noun.
What is the plural of kinnara?
The plural of kinnara is kinnaras.

Words near kinnara in the dictionary

  1. Kinnamon
  2. Kinnamons
  3. Kinnan
  4. Kinnans
  5. kinnar
  6. kinnara
  7. kinnaras
  8. Kinnard
  9. Kinnards
  10. kinnari
  11. kinnaris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kinnara (page history and authors); kinnara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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