सूर्यवंशी sūryavanśhī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

The one belonging to the solar dynasty or race.
(Bābā) A descendant of the solar lineage (lineage of golden age deities).

Usual translation

part of the sun dynasty

Origin of the definition

सूर्य sūrya su:ry (nm) the sun. ~वंश a celebrated ancient Indian dynasty of Kshatriya kings; ~वंशी one belonging to the solar dynasty (सूर्यवंश ).

sūrya-vaṅśī, vulg. sūraj-bansī, adj. & s.m. Of or belonging to the soiar race; — a descendant of the Sun, a person of the solar race; name of a tribe of Kshatrlyas who claim descent from the sun.

वंशी vanśhī (hindi)

Belonging to the lineage, dynasty, clan of.