लहरी

Of unclear origin. Burrow derives the word from Dravidian. Note also Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar, “lahar, mudflow”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/

लहरी • (laharī) stem, f

1. a large wave, billow

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: نار (nāri, “wave, rapids, water shooting up”)
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (laharī)
  • Central:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: લહર (lahar), લર (lar, “wave, caprice”)
      • Hindustani: lahar, lahrā

        Hindi: लहर, लहरा

        Urdu: لَہَر, لَہرَا

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: লহৰি (lohori, “wave”)
      • Bengali: লহর (lohor)
      • Odia: ନହରା (naharā, “whirlpool”), ଲହଡ଼ି (lahaṛi), ଲହଡ଼ା (lahaṛā, “wave”)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: लहर (lahar, “excitement”)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ރާޅު (rāḷu)
      • Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: लहर (lahar)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
      • Sindhi: لَهَرِ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “लहरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 899/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 441
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lahari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press