单词 | singh |
释义 | Singhn. 1. A great warrior: a cognomen or title of respect borne by several of the warrior castes of northern India, or a surname adopted by male Sikhs. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name the Holy Namec1440 Singh1623 specification1633 indigitamenta1657 explicative1669 ethnic1791 household name1804 class term1811 book name1815 biverb1831 class word1837 family name1840 class name1843 ananym1867 papponymic1875 autonym1879 throne name1880 demonymic1893 ethnonym1894 a name to conjure with1901 praise name1904 self-reference1948 exonym1957 specific1962 endonym1970 demonym1990 1623 N. Bangham et al. Let. 5 Apr. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 218 Beinge soe hotly persued by Abdala Chan and Rajae Sursinge. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 213/2 In 1770 the rajah died, and was succeeded by his son Cheit Sing. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 276/2 The bravery and talents of the regent Zalim Singh. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 503/2 Our latest narrative of a visit to Lhasa is that of the late Pundit Nain Singh. 1888 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1890) 18 Chimbu Singh from Bikaneer..Jowar Singh the Sikh. 1955 Times 5 July 13/3 Maharana Sir Fateh Singh Bahadur, the head of the Sessodia Rajputs..had personal as well as dynastic claims to veneration. 2. As a simple noun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > member of warrior caste or race myrmidonc1425 Mameluke1511 Nair1582 Rajput1598 Khatri1630 samurai1727 Singh1851 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > of other foreign countries > member of noble or military caste Nair1582 Rajput1598 Khatri1630 Kshatriyaa1792 Singh1851 samurai1874 1851 J. Thackwell Narr. Second Sikh War 227 The British guns were so overwhelming..and their fire so rapid and precise, that the enemy declared there was a ball for every Sing. 1914 J. J. H. Gordon Sikhs iv. 39 They were then hailed as ‘Singhs’ or lions of their race, and declared to be the Khalsa—the select... All the rest of the disciples present were similarly baptised and declared Singhs. 1930 G. B. Scott Relig. & Short Hist. Sikhs iii. 30 After receiving the Pahal, the novice is no longer a Sikh or scholar only, he is Singh, a lion, and is entitled to affix that word to his name. 1973 ‘S. Harvester’ Corner of Playground ii. viii. 150 He thought about his grand~father Swaran,..first Singh of the family in Africa, a coolie who came..to build the railway from Mombasa to Victoria Nyanza. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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