गिरि

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Old Awadhi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

गिरि (giri) (𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂱, Perso-Arabic گِر)

  1. mountain, hill
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरि
      bāli kī trāsa kapīsa basai giri
      /bāli kī trās kapīs basai giri/

Pali

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Noun

गिरि m

  1. Devanagari script form of giri (mountain)

Declension

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (mountain), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-í-s (elevation), from *gʷerH- (to elevate). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (gairi, mountain), Pashto غر (ǧar), Old Church Slavonic гора (gora, mountain), Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boréas), Albanian gur.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    गिरि (girí) stemm

    1. mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.8:
        न वी॒ळवे॒ नम॑ते॒ न स्थि॒राय॒ न शर्ध॑ते॒ दस्यु॑-जूताय स्त॒वान् ।
        अज्रा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य गि॒रय॑श् चिद् ऋ॒ष्वा ग॑म्भी॒रे चि॑द् भवति गा॒धम् अ॑स्मै ॥
        ná vīḷáve námate ná sthirā́ya ná śárdhate dásyu-jūtāya stavā́n.
        ájrā índrasya giráyaś cid ṛṣvā́ gambhīré cid bhavati gādhám asmai.
        Glorified by us, he bows not down to the robust, nor to the resolute, nor to the person vering, who is instrumental gated by the Dasyus; the lofty mountains are easy of access o Indra; to him there is a bottom in the deep.

    Declension

    Masculine i-stem declension of गिरि (girí)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative गिरिः
    giríḥ
    गिरी
    girī́
    गिरयः
    giráyaḥ
    Vocative गिरे
    gíre
    गिरी
    gírī
    गिरयः
    gírayaḥ
    Accusative गिरिम्
    girím
    गिरी
    girī́
    गिरीन्
    girī́n
    Instrumental गिरिणा / गिर्या¹
    giríṇā / giryā́¹
    गिरिभ्याम्
    giríbhyām
    गिरिभिः
    giríbhiḥ
    Dative गिरये
    giráye
    गिरिभ्याम्
    giríbhyām
    गिरिभ्यः
    giríbhyaḥ
    Ablative गिरेः / गिर्यः¹
    giréḥ / giryáḥ¹
    गिरिभ्याम्
    giríbhyām
    गिरिभ्यः
    giríbhyaḥ
    Genitive गिरेः / गिर्यः¹
    giréḥ / giryáḥ¹
    गिर्योः
    giryóḥ
    गिरीणाम्
    girīṇā́m
    Locative गिरौ / गिरा¹
    giraú / girā́¹
    गिर्योः
    giryóḥ
    गिरिषु
    giríṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

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