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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾɪ.ʂiː/,
Noun
ऋषि • (ŕṣi) m (Urdu spelling رشی)
- rishi, sage
Declension
Declension of ऋषि (masc i-stem)
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषियों
ŕṣiyõ
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषियो
ŕṣiyo
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Proper noun
ऋषि • (ŕṣi) m (Urdu spelling رشی)
- a male given name, Rishi, equivalent to English Rishi
- ऋषि सुनक ― ŕṣi sunak ― Rishi Sunak
Declension
Declension of ऋषि (masc i-stem)
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषियों
ŕṣiyõ
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ऋषि
ŕṣi
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ऋषियो
ŕṣiyo
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Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.
Pronunciation
Noun
ऋषि • (r̥ṣi) (Hinduism)
- rishi, sage
Proper noun
ऋषि • (r̥ṣi)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Rishi
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঋষি (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- ঋষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ၒၑိ (Burmese script)
- ઋષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਰਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಋಷಿ (Kannada script)
- ឫឞិ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຩິ (Lao script)
- ഋഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଋଷି (Odia script)
- ꢈꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ඍෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚮 (Takri script)
- ரிஷி (Tamil script)
- ఋషి (Telugu script)
- ฤษิ (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཥི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš. Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬱 (ərəšiš, “seer”). Probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ऋषि • (ṛ́ṣi) stem, m
- a rishi: a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 1.31.1:
- त्वमग्ने प्रथमो अङ्गिरा ऋषिर्देवो देवानामभवः शिवः सखा ।
- tvamagne prathamo aṅgirā ṛṣirdevo devānāmabhavaḥ śivaḥ sakhā .
- Thou, Agni, wast the earliest Aṅgiras, a Seer; thou wast, a God thyself, the Gods’ auspicious Friend.
- rishi: sages whom after gotra is derived
- (astronomy) the seven rishis form the constellation Ursa Major
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.82.2:
- विश्वकर्मा विमना आद्विहाया धाता विधाता परमोत संदृक् ।
तेषामिष्टानि समिषा मदन्ति यत्रा सप्तऋषीन्पर एकमाहुः ॥- viśvakarmā vimanā ādvihāyā dhātā vidhātā paramota saṃdṛk .
teṣāmiṣṭāni samiṣā madanti yatrā saptaṛṣīnpara ekamāhuḥ . - Mighty in mind and power is Visvakarman, Maker, Disposer, and most lofty Presence.
Their offerings joy in rich juice where they value One, only One, beyond the Seven Ṛṣis.
- a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite
- the seventh of the eight degrees of Brahmins
- a hymn or mantra composed by a rishi
- a veda
- a symbolical expression for the number seven
Declension
Descendants