Sphinx in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “sphinx” in Hindi is नारसिंह मूर्ति, pronounced rahasyamay vyakti — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
From Sphinx, from Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”) (whence also sphincter), of Pre-Greek origin, or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “divine image”, literally “living image”).
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