गिरीश

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गिरीश (girīśa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɾiɕ/, [ɡi.ɾiːɕ]
Rhymes: -iɕ
Hyphenation: गि‧रीश

Proper noun

गिरीश • (girīś) m

a male given name, Girish or Gireesh, from Sanskrit
गिरीश कुलकर्णी ― girīś kulkarṇī ― Girish Kulkarni

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গিৰীশ (Assamese script)
ᬕᬶᬭᬷᬰ (Balinese script)
গিরীশ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰱𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀰 (Brahmi script)
ဂိရီၐ (Burmese script)
ગિરીશ (Gujarati script)
ਗਿਰੀਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌶 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦶꦫꦷꦯ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂲𑂬 (Kaithi script)
ಗಿರೀಶ (Kannada script)
គិរីឝ (Khmer script)
ຄິຣີຨ (Lao script)
ഗിരീശ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᡳᡵᡳᡳᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘲𑘫 (Modi script)
ᠺᠢᠷᠢᠢᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧓𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐶𑐬𑐷𑐱 (Newa script)
ଗିରୀଶ (Odia script)
ꢔꢶꢬꢷꢯ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆴𑆫𑆵𑆯 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖱𑖫 (Siddham script)
ගිරීශ (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩑𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚮𑚤𑚯𑚧 (Takri script)
கி³ரீஶ (Tamil script)
గిరీశ (Telugu script)
คิรีศ (Thai script)
གི་རཱི་ཤ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒱𑒩𑒲𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨁𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गिरि (giri, “mountain”) +‎ ईश (īśa, “Lord”), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva resides in mountains and wilderness.

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɾiː.ɕɐ/

Proper noun

गिरीश • (girīśa) stem, m

(Hinduism) "Lord of the mountains", an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गिरीश
	singular
nominative	गिरीशः (girīśaḥ)
accusative	गिरीशम् (girīśam)
instrumental	गिरीशेन (girīśena)
dative	गिरीशाय (girīśāya)
ablative	गिरीशात् (girīśāt)
genitive	गिरीशस्य (girīśasya)
locative	गिरीशे (girīśe)
vocative	गिरीश (girīśa)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: ગિરીશ (girīś)
→ Hindustani: girīś
Hindi: गिरीश

Urdu: گِرِیش
→ Kannada: ಗಿರೀಶ (girīśa)
→ Marathi: गिरीश (girīś)
→ Tamil: கிரிசன் (kiricaṉ)
→ Telugu: గిరీశుడు (girīśuḍu)

See also

गिरिश (giriśa, literally “lying on the mountains”)