गिर्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গিৰ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬶᬃ (Balinese script)
- গির্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဂိရ် (Burmese script)
- ગિર્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਿਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦶꦂ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಿರ್ (Kannada script)
- គិរ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຄິຣ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗിര് (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡳᡵ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠢᠷ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐶𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗିର୍ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢶꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆴𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ගිර් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩑𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚮𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
- கி³ர் (Tamil script)
- గిర్ (Telugu script)
- คิรฺ (Thai script)
- གི་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒱𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨁𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gŕ̥Hs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷŕ̥Hs, from *gʷerH- (“to praise”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡíɾ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡiɾ/
Noun
गिर् • (gír) stem, f (root गॄ)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गीः (gī́ḥ) | गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹) |
गिरः (gíraḥ) |
| accusative | गिरम् (gíram) | गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹) |
गिरः (gíraḥ) |
| instrumental | गिरा (girā́) | गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m) | गीर्भिः (gīrbhíḥ) |
| dative | गिरे (giré) | गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m) | गीर्भ्यः (gīrbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | गिरः (giráḥ) | गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m) | गीर्भ्यः (gīrbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | गिरः (giráḥ) | गिरोः (giróḥ) | गिराम् (girā́m) |
| locative | गिरि (girí) | गिरोः (giróḥ) | गीर्षु (gīrṣú) |
| vocative | गीः (gī́ḥ) | गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹) |
गिरः (gíraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गिर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 355, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gír-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 486-7
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “gír-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 213