The Sanskrit term Śiñj can be transliterated into English as Sinj or Shinj, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śiñj (शिञ्ज्).—1, 2 Ā., 1 U. (śiñjate, śiṅkte, śiñjayati-te, śiñjita)

1) To tinkle, jingle, rattle; कक्ष्यया च वलयैश्च शिशिजे (kakṣyayā ca valayaiśca śiśije) Śiśupālavadha 1.62.

2) To roar, sound, bellow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śiñj (शिञ्ज्).—ii. 2, [Ātmanepada.] To tinkle, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 14, 4; [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 77 ([Parasmaipada.]). Ptcple. of the pf. pass. śiñjita, Tinkling, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 9, 17. n. Tinkling, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 56; of metallic ornaments worn as chains, rings, etc., [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 93.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śiñj (शिञ्ज्).—śiṅkte [participle] śiñjita (q.v.) twang, tinkle.

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Siñj (सिञ्ज्).—v. śiñj etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śiñj (शिञ्ज्):—[class] 2. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiv, 17]) śiṅkte ([according to] to [Vopadeva] also [class] 1. 10. [Ātmanepada] śiñjate, śiñjayate; [present participle] śiñjāna, or śiñjat [see below] [Kāvya literature]; [perfect tense] śiśiñje [grammar]; [Aorist] aśiñjiṣṭa, [ib.]; [future] śiñjitā, śiñjiṣyate, [ib.]), to utter a shrill sound, tinkle, rattle, jingle, whirr, buzz, hum, twang, bellow, roar, [Ṛg-veda]; etc. Cf. collateral √siñj.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śiñj (शिञ्ज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Siṃja.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shinj in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Shimjinigolisu, Shinja, Shinjad, Shinjadvalayasubhaga, Shinjalata, Shinjana, Shinjanabhramara, Shinjani, Shinjanjika, Shinjara, Shinjashvattha, Shinjat, Shinjatshadanghri, Shinjin, Shinjini, Shinjita, Shinjitri.

Ends with: Ashinj, Samshinj, Sashinj, Vishinj.

Full-text: Shinja, Shinjita, Shinjin, Vishinj, Shinjini, Ashinj, Shinjat, Shinjana, Shinjad, Shinjara, Shinjalata, Parishinjita, Shinjanabhramara, Shinjatshadanghri, Shinjanjika, Sashinj, Shinjadvalayasubhaga, Samshinj, Shinjashvattha, Ashinjita.

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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 35 - Dvārakā: Eminence of name < [Section 4 - Dvārakā-māhātmya]

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