ऊर्मि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঊৰ্মি (Assamese script)
- ᬊᬃᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
- ঊর্মি (Bengali script)
- 𑰅𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀊𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဦရ်္မိ (Burmese script)
- ઊર્મિ (Gujarati script)
- ਊਰ੍ਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌊𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦴꦂꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂈𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಊರ್ಮಿ (Kannada script)
- ឩម៌ិ (Khmer script)
- ອູຣ຺ມິ (Lao script)
- ഊര്മി (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡠᡵᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘅𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠤᠤᠷᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦥𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐅𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଊର୍ମି (Odia script)
- ꢇꢬ꣄ꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆈𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖅𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ඌර්මි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚅𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஊர்மி (Tamil script)
- ఊర్మి (Telugu script)
- อูรฺมิ (Thai script)
- ཨཱུ་རྨི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒆𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥Hmíš (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥H-mí-s (“wave”), from *welH- (“to turn, coil”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬌 (varəmi), Lithuanian vilnis, Old Church Slavonic вльна (vlĭna), Albanian valë, German Welle.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /uːɾ.mí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /uːɾ.mi/
Noun
ऊर्मि • (ūrmí) stem, f
- wave, billow
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.17.12:
- आ क्षोदो॒ महि॑ वृ॒तं न॒दीनां॒ परि॑ष्ठितम् असृज ऊ॒र्मिम् अ॒पाम् ।
तासा॒म् अनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ इन्द्र॒ पन्थां॒ प्रार्द॑यो॒ नीची॑र् अपसः॑ समु॒द्रम् ॥- ā́ kṣódo máhi vṛtáṃ nadī́nāṃ páriṣṭhitam asṛja ūrmím apā́m.
tā́sām ánu praváta indra pánthāṃ prā́rdayo nī́cīr apasaḥ samudrám. - You set free the rushing wave of waters; the floods' great swell encompassed and obstructed.
You directed downward, O Indra, their course along steep slopes, speeding to the ocean.
- ā́ kṣódo máhi vṛtáṃ nadī́nāṃ páriṣṭhitam asṛja ūrmím apā́m.
- आ क्षोदो॒ महि॑ वृ॒तं न॒दीनां॒ परि॑ष्ठितम् असृज ऊ॒र्मिम् अ॒पाम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऊर्मिः (ūrmíḥ) | ऊर्मी (ūrmī́) | ऊर्मयः (ūrmáyaḥ) |
| accusative | ऊर्मिम् (ūrmím) | ऊर्मी (ūrmī́) | ऊर्मीः (ūrmī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | ऊर्म्या (ūrmyā́) ऊर्मी¹ (ūrmī́¹) |
ऊर्मिभ्याम् (ūrmíbhyām) | ऊर्मिभिः (ūrmíbhiḥ) |
| dative | ऊर्मये (ūrmáye) ऊर्म्यै² (ūrmyaí²) ऊर्मी¹ (ūrmī́¹) |
ऊर्मिभ्याम् (ūrmíbhyām) | ऊर्मिभ्यः (ūrmíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऊर्मेः (ūrméḥ) ऊर्म्याः² (ūrmyā́ḥ²) ऊर्म्यै³ (ūrmyaí³) |
ऊर्मिभ्याम् (ūrmíbhyām) | ऊर्मिभ्यः (ūrmíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऊर्मेः (ūrméḥ) ऊर्म्याः² (ūrmyā́ḥ²) ऊर्म्यै³ (ūrmyaí³) |
ऊर्म्योः (ūrmyóḥ) | ऊर्मीणाम् (ūrmīṇā́m) |
| locative | ऊर्मौ (ūrmaú) ऊर्म्याम्² (ūrmyā́m²) ऊर्मा¹ (ūrmā́¹) |
ऊर्म्योः (ūrmyóḥ) | ऊर्मिषु (ūrmíṣu) |
| vocative | ऊर्मे (ū́rme) | ऊर्मी (ū́rmī) | ऊर्मयः (ū́rmayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- → Malayalam: ഉറുമി (uṟumi), ഊർമി (ūṟmi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऊर्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 222, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ūrmí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 245
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “ūrmí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 538-539