cinnabar meaning in Sanskrit
हिङ्गुल hiṅgula
/ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ//ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/
cinnabar in Sanskrit: हिङ्गुल (hiṅgula), रक्त (rakta), रञ्जन (rañjana). In English, cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
Sanskrit words for cinnabar
- cinnabar, vermilion
- हिङ्गुल hiṅgula
- cinnabar
- रक्त rakta, रञ्जन rañjana
English meaning of cinnabar
- noun A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- noun A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- noun A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
- noun Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
Synonyms of cinnabar
cinnabar in other languages
Questions about cinnabar in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of cinnabar in Sanskrit?
- Cinnabar in Sanskrit is हिङ्गुल (hiṅgula), रक्त (rakta), रञ्जन (rañjana).
- cinnabar इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Cinnabar: हिङ्गुल (hiṅgula), रक्त (rakta), रञ्जन (rañjana).
- What does cinnabar mean in English?
- Cinnabar means a deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “cinnabar”: रक्त, रञ्जन, हिङ्गुल. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cinnabar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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