Etymology

Narasimha

N1A1R1A1S1I1M3H4A1

Today it means: The fourth avatara of the Hindu god Vishnu. Full definition →

Sanskrit नरसिंह
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromनरसिंह
  2. English todayNarasimha

Borrowed from Sanskrit नरसिंह (narasiṃha, literally “man-lion”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.