हरि

Braj

Proper noun

हरि (hari) m

1. (Hinduism) Hari: an epithet of Krishna, avatar of Vishnu

Hindi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ɾiː/,

Noun

हरि • (hari) m

1. Vishnu

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हरि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “हरि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हरि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰárHiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃-i-s, from *ǵʰelh₃-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (zaⁱri), Persian زر (zar, “gold”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́.ɾi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.ɾi/

Adjective

हरि • (hári) stem

1. yellow or green
2. fawn-coloured
3. reddish brown
4. brown
5. tawny
6. pale
7. yellow
8. fallow
9. bay (especially applied to horses)
10. green
11. greenish

Declension

Noun

हरि • (hári) stem, m

1. a horse, steed (especially of Indra)
2. a lion
3. the sign of the zodiac Leo
4. the sun
5. a monkey
6. a ray of light
7. the moon
8. mungo bean (Vigna mungo)
9. a jackal
10. a parrot
11. peacock
12. the koil or Indian cuckoo
13. a goose
14. a frog
15. a snake
16. fire
17. the wind
18. (in the plural) men, people (= मनुष्याः)

Declension

Proper noun

हरि • (hári) stem, m (feminine हरी)

1. a name of Vayu
2. a name of Indra
3. a name of Vishnu and Krishna (in this sense thought by some to be derived from √hṛ, 'to take away or remove evil or sin')
4. a name of Brahmā
5. a name of Yama
6. a name of Shiva
7. a name of Shukra
8. a name of Su-parṇa
9. a name of a son of Garuda
10. a name of a Rakshasa
11. a name of a Danava
12. a name of a son of Akampaua (or Anukampana)
13. a name of a son of Tārakâksha
14. a name of a son of Parājit
15. a name of a son of Parāvṛit
16. a name of a worshiper of Vishṇu
17. name of various authors and scholars (especially of the poet Bhartṛi-hari as the author of the Vākya-padīya)
18. name (also with miśra, bhaṭṭa, dīkṣita etc.)
19. a name of a mountain
20. name of a world (compare hari-varṣa)
21. name of a metre
22. name of a particular high number
23. name a particular class of gods under Manu Tāmasa

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1289.

Yamphu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌri/

Noun

हरि (hari)

1. blood