इरा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ইৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬇᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- ইরা (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဣရာ (Burmese script)
- ઇરા (Gujarati script)
- ਇਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦆꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಇರಾ (Kannada script)
- ឥរា (Khmer script)
- ອິຣາ (Lao script)
- ഇരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଇରା (Odia script)
- ꢄꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඉරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- இரா (Tamil script)
- ఇరా (Telugu script)
- อิรา (Thai script)
- ཨི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Likely a variant of इडा (íḍā, “refreshing draught, libation”),[1] itself thought to be a nominal formation from a sandhi variant of the root इष् (iṣ, “to desire, intend”).[2] See also इळा (iḷā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /í.ɾɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /i.ɾɑː/
Noun
इरा • (irā) stem, f
- any drinkable fluid
- a draught (especially of milk)
- food, refreshment
- comfort, enjoyment
- name of an Apsaras (a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa) (VP.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | इरा (irā) | इरे (ire) | इराः (irāḥ) |
| accusative | इराम् (irām) | इरे (ire) | इराः (irāḥ) |
| instrumental | इरया (irayā) इरा¹ (irā¹) |
इराभ्याम् (irābhyām) | इराभिः (irābhiḥ) |
| dative | इरायै (irāyai) | इराभ्याम् (irābhyām) | इराभ्यः (irābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | इरायाः (irāyāḥ) इरायै² (irāyai²) |
इराभ्याम् (irābhyām) | इराभ्यः (irābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | इरायाः (irāyāḥ) इरायै² (irāyai²) |
इरयोः (irayoḥ) | इराणाम् (irāṇām) |
| locative | इरायाम् (irāyām) | इरयोः (irayoḥ) | इरासु (irāsu) |
| vocative | इरे (ire) | इरे (ire) | इराः (irāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- इरावत् (irāvat)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “írā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 195
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “íḍ-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 187
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “írā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168, column 1.