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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- হ্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬳ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- হ্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဟြီ (Burmese script)
- હ્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਹ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಹ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ហ្រី (Khmer script)
- ຫ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ഹ്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ହ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢲ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- හ්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- ஹ்ரீ (Tamil script)
- హ్రీ (Telugu script)
- หฺรี (Thai script)
- ཧྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreyH- (“to be ashamed”). Cognate with Old High German grīnan.
Pronunciation
Noun
ह्री • (hrī́) stem, f
- shame
- modesty
- shyness
- timidity
Declension
Root
ह्री • (hrī)
- to blush, be modest
- to be ashamed
Derived terms
- ह्रीत (hrīta, Past Participle)
- ह्रीण (hrīṇa, Past Participle)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ह्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1307, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 209
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ह्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ह्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press