giri

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See also: Giri, girí, gíri, gïrï, ĝiri, and ġiri

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Pronunciation

Noun

giri

  1. Pomelo

Balinese

Romanization

giri

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬶᬭᬶ

Catalan

Verb

giri

  1. inflection of girar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦶ (giri, mountain), from Old Javanese giri (mountain), from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡi.ri/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧ri

Noun

giri (first-person possessive giriku, second-person possessive girimu, third-person possessive girinya)

  1. mountain

Related terms

Further reading

Italian

Noun

giri m

  1. plural of giro

Verb

giri

  1. inflection of girare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

giri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎり

Javanese

Romanization

giri

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦶꦫꦶ

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *girī, from Proto-Germanic *girį̄. Akin to the adverb gerno.

Noun

giri f

  1. greed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle High German: gir

Adjective

giri

  1. greedy

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

giri

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "giri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

giri m

  1. mountain

Usage notes

The word is very rarely used other than as the first element of a compound.

Declension

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “giri”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 148.

Yogad

Noun

girí

  1. scrap of cloth (leftover from cutting)