लहरी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • লহৰী (Assamese script)
  • ᬮᬳᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
  • লহরী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰩𑰮𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • လဟရီ (Burmese script)
  • લહરી (Gujarati script)
  • ਲਹਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌲𑌹𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ꦭꦲꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂪𑂯𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
  • ಲಹರೀ (Kannada script)
  • លហរី (Khmer script)
  • ລຫຣີ (Lao script)
  • ലഹരീ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠯᠠᡥᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘩𑘮𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠯᠠᠾᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧉𑧎𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐮𑐴𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଲହରୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢭꢲꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆬𑆲𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖩𑖮𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ලහරී (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩽𑪂𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚥𑚩𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
  • லஹரீ (Tamil script)
  • లహరీ (Telugu script)
  • ลหรี (Thai script)
  • ལ་ཧ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒪𑒯𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨬𑨱𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Burrow derives the word from Dravidian. Note also Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar, “lahar, mudflow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

लहरी • (laharī) stem, f

  1. a large wave, billow

Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of लहरी (laharī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लहरी
laharī		 लहर्यौ / लहरी¹
laharyau / laharī¹		 लहर्यः / लहरीः¹
laharyaḥ / laharīḥ¹
Vocative लहरि
lahari		 लहर्यौ / लहरी¹
laharyau / laharī¹		 लहर्यः / लहरीः¹
laharyaḥ / laharīḥ¹
Accusative लहरीम्
laharīm		 लहर्यौ / लहरी¹
laharyau / laharī¹		 लहरीः
laharīḥ
Instrumental लहर्या
laharyā		 लहरीभ्याम्
laharībhyām		 लहरीभिः
laharībhiḥ
Dative लहर्यै
laharyai		 लहरीभ्याम्
laharībhyām		 लहरीभ्यः
laharībhyaḥ
Ablative लहर्याः / लहर्यै²
laharyāḥ / laharyai²		 लहरीभ्याम्
laharībhyām		 लहरीभ्यः
laharībhyaḥ
Genitive लहर्याः / लहर्यै²
laharyāḥ / laharyai²		 लहर्योः
laharyoḥ		 लहरीणाम्
laharīṇām
Locative लहर्याम्
laharyām		 लहर्योः
laharyoḥ		 लहरीषु
laharīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: نار (nāri, “wave, rapids, water shooting up”)
  • Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (laharī)
    • Central:
      • Shauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gujarati: લહર (lahar), લર (lar, “wave, caprice”)
        • Hindustani: lahar, lahrā
          Hindi: लहर, लहरा
          Urdu: لَہَر, لَہرَا
    • Eastern:
    • Northern:
    • Southern:
      • Elu Prakrit:
        • Dhivehi: ރާޅު (rāḷu)
        • Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
      • Maharashtri Prakrit:
    • Western:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
        • Sindhi: لَهَرِ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “लहरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 899/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 441
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lahari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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