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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হৰস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- হরস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဟရသ် (Burmese script)
- હરસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਹਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಹರಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ហរស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຫຣສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഹരസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠠᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ହରସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- හරස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஹரஸ் (Tamil script)
- హరస్ (Telugu script)
- หรสฺ (Thai script)
- ཧ་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéros (“heat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέρος (théros).
Pronunciation
Noun
हरस् • (háras) stem, n
- (Vedic) flame, fire
- Synonyms: अग्नि (agní), पावक (pāvaká)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.87.25:
- प्रत्य॑ग्ने॒ हर॑सा॒ हरः॑ शृणी॒हि वि॒श्वतः॒ प्रति॑ ।
या॒तु॒धान॑स्य र॒क्षसो॒ बलं॒ वि रु॑ज वी॒र्यं॑ ॥- prátyagne hárasā háraḥ śṛṇīhí viśvátaḥ práti.
yātudhā́nasya rakṣáso bálaṃ ví ruja vīryàṃ. - Shoot forth your flame, O Agni; with your flame demolish them on every side.
Break the Yātudhāna's strength and the vigour of the Rākṣasa.
Declension
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 804
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θέρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542