गिरि

Awadhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

गिरि (giri)

  1. mountain, hill
    • तुलसीदास (Tulsīdās), संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक (Sankatmochan Hanumanashtak) :
      बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरि
      bāli kī trās kapīs basai giri

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

गिरि m

  1. Devanagari script form of giri (mountain)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (mountain), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-í-s (elevation), from *gʷerH- (to elevate). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (gairi, mountain), Pashto غر (ǧar), Old Church Slavonic гора (gora, mountain), Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boréas), Albanian gur.

Pronunciation

Noun

गिरि • (girí) stem, m

  1. mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.8:
      न वी॒ळवे॒ नम॑ते॒ न स्थि॒राय॒ न शर्ध॑ते॒ दस्यु॑-जूताय स्त॒वान् ।
      अज्रा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य गि॒रय॑श् चिद् ऋ॒ष्वा ग॑म्भी॒रे चि॑द् भवति गा॒धम् अ॑स्मै ॥
      ná vīḷáve námate ná sthirā́ya ná śárdhate dásyu-jūtāya stavā́n.
      ájrā índrasya giráyaś cid ṛṣvā́ gambhīré cid bhavati gādhám asmai.
      Glorified by us, he bows not down to the robust, nor to the resolute, nor to the person vering, who is instrumental gated by the Dasyus; the lofty mountains are easy of access o Indra; to him there is a bottom in the deep.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of गिरि (girí)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गिरिः
giríḥ
गिरी
girī́
गिरयः
giráyaḥ
Vocative गिरे
gíre
गिरी
gírī
गिरयः
gírayaḥ
Accusative गिरिम्
girím
गिरी
girī́
गिरीन्
girī́n
Instrumental गिरिणा / गिर्या¹
giríṇā / giryā́¹
गिरिभ्याम्
giríbhyām
गिरिभिः
giríbhiḥ
Dative गिरये
giráye
गिरिभ्याम्
giríbhyām
गिरिभ्यः
giríbhyaḥ
Ablative गिरेः / गिर्यः¹
giréḥ / giryáḥ¹
गिरिभ्याम्
giríbhyām
गिरिभ्यः
giríbhyaḥ
Genitive गिरेः / गिर्यः¹
giréḥ / giryáḥ¹
गिर्योः
giryóḥ
गिरीणाम्
girīṇā́m
Locative गिरौ / गिरा¹
giraú / girā́¹
गिर्योः
giryóḥ
गिरिषु
giríṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: گری (grī)
    • Shina: گر (giri)
  • Pali: giri
  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (giri)
    • Southern:
      • Helu Prakrit:
        • Dhivehi: ގާ ()
        • Sinhalese: ගිරි (giri), ගිර (gira), ගල (gala)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (giri)
  • Awadhi: गिरि (giri)
  • Old Javanese: giri
  • Tatsama:

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.