हरिद्रा

See also: हराद्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

হৰিদ্ৰা (Assamese script)
ᬳᬭᬶᬤ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
হরিদ্রা (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰨𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဟရိဒြာ (Burmese script)
હરિદ્રા (Gujarati script)
ਹਰਿਦ੍ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦫꦶꦢꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂩𑂱𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಹರಿದ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
ហរិទ្រា (Khmer script)
ຫຣິທ຺ຣາ (Lao script)
ഹരിദ്രാ (Malayalam script)
ᡥᠠᡵᡳᡩᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘨𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠾᠠᠷᠢᢑᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧈𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐬𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
ହରିଦ୍ରା (Odia script)
ꢲꢬꢶꢣ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆫𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖨𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
හරිද්‍රා (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩼𑩑𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚤𑚮𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
ஹரித்³ரா (Tamil script)
హరిద్రా (Telugu script)
หริทฺรา (Thai script)
ཧ་རི་དྲཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒩𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨫𑨁𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हरि (hari, “yellow, fawn coloured”); from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. See हलदी (haladī) for information on possible descendants and/or cognates.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.ɾid.ɾɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦɐˈɾid̪.ɾɑː/

Noun

हरिद्रा • (haridrā) stem, f

Curcuma longa, turmeric or its root ground to powder (46 synonyms of this plant are given) Kauṡ. MBh. Suṡr. &c.

Borrowed terms

Telugu: హరిద్ర (haridra)
Dumi: hardim (from Bhojpuri or Maithili)

Descendants

⇒ Sanskrit: हलदी (haladī) (see there for further descendants)

References

“हरिद्रा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 658, column 1.
Monier Williams (1899) “Haridrā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1291/3.

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