ऋषि

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɪ.ʂiː/,

ऋषि • (ŕṣi) m (Urdu spelling رشی)

1. rishi, sage

ऋषि • (ŕṣi) m (Urdu spelling رشی)

1. a male given name, Rishi, equivalent to English Rishi

   ऋषि सुनक ― ŕṣi sunak ― Rishi Sunak

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: रिसि

ऋषि • (r̥ṣi) (Hinduism)

1. rishi, sage

ऋषि • (r̥ṣi)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Rishi

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš. Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬱 (ər^əšiš, “seer”). Probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩.ʂi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈr̩.ʂi/

ऋषि • (ṛ́ṣi) stem, m

1. a rishi: a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.31.1:

     त्वम॑ग्ने प्रथ॒मो अङ्गि॑रा॒ ऋषि॑र्दे॒वो दे॒वाना॑मभवः शि॒वः सखा॑।
     तव॑ व्र॒ते क॒वयो॑ विद्म॒नाप॒सोऽजा॑यन्त म॒रुतो॒ भ्राज॑दृष्टयः॥

     tvámagne prathamó áṅgirā ṛ́ṣirdevó devā́nāmabhavaḥ śiváḥ sákhā.
     táva vraté kaváyo vidmanā́pasóʼjāyanta marúto bhrā́jadṛṣṭayaḥ.

     You, Agni, were the first Aṅgiras Ṛṣi, a divinity, you were the auspicious friend of the deities. In your rite the wise, the all-discerning, the bright-weaponed Maruts were engendered.

2. (post-Vedic) rishi: sages from whom a gotra is derived
3. (astronomy) the seven rishis form the constellation Ursa Major
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.82.2:

     वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ विम॑ना॒ आद्विहा॑या धा॒ता वि॑धा॒ता प॑र॒मोत सं॒दृक्।
     तेषा॑मि॒ष्टानि॒ समि॒षा म॑दन्ति॒ यत्रा॑ सप्तऋ॒षीन्प॒र एक॑मा॒हुः॥

     viśvákarmā vímanā ā́dvíhāyā dhātā́ vidhātā́ paramótá saṃdṛ́k.
     téṣāmiṣṭā́ni sámiṣā́ madanti yátrā saptaṛṣī́npará ékamāhúḥ.

     Mighty in mind and power is Visvakarman, Maker, Disposer, and most lofty Presence.
     Their offerings joy in rich juice where they value One, only One, beyond the Seven Ṛṣis.

4. a saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite
5. the seventh of the eight degrees of Brahmins
6. a hymn or mantra composed by a rishi
7. a veda
8. a symbolical expression for the number seven

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 226/3-227/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 261