गिरि

गिरि

See also: गरि, गिरी, गोरा, गोर, गोरी, गुरू, गुरु, and गौर

Awadhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

गिरि (giri)

1. mountain, hill
   • तुलसीदास (Tulsīdās), संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक (Sankatmochan Hanumanashtak) :

     बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरि

     bāli kī trās kapīs basai giri

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• giri (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• গিরি (Bengali script)
• ගිරි (Sinhalese script)
• ဂိရိ or ၷိရိ (Burmese script)
• คิริ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩥᩁᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄິຣິ (Lao script)
• គិរិ (Khmer script)

Noun

गिरि m

1. Devanagari script form of giri (“mountain”)

Declension

Declension table of "गिरि" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गिरि (giri)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)
Accusative (second)	गिरिं (giriṃ)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)
Instrumental (third)	गिरिना (girinā)	गिरीहि (girīhi) or गिरीभि (girībhi)
Dative (fourth)	गिरिस्स (girissa) or गिरिनो (girino)	गिरीनं (girīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गिरिस्मा (girismā) or गिरिम्हा (girimhā)	गिरीहि (girīhi) or गिरीभि (girībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गिरिस्स (girissa) or गिरिनो (girino)	गिरीनं (girīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गिरिस्मिं (girismiṃ) or गिरिम्हि (girimhi)	गिरीसु (girīsu)
Vocative (calling)	गिरि (giri)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬶᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• গিৰি (Assamese script)
• গিরি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ગિરિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਿਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦶꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
• គិរិ (Khmer script)
• ಗಿರಿ (Kannada script)
• ຄິຣິ (Lao script)
• ഗിരി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᢈᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᡳᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• ဂိရိ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐶𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗିରି (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢶꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆴𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගිරි (Sinhalese script)
• గిరి (Telugu script)
• คิริ (Thai script)
• གི་རི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒱𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɾí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ɾi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-í-s (“elevation”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌‎ (gaⁱri, “mountain”), Pashto غر‎ (ǧar), Old Church Slavonic гора (gora, “mountain”), Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boréas), Albanian gur.

Noun

गिरि • (girí) m

1. mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.8:

     अज्रा इन्द्रस्य गिरयश्चिदृष्वा गम्भीरे चिद्भवति गाधमस्मै ॥

     ajrā indrasya girayaścidṛṣvā gambhīre cidbhavati gādhamasmai .

     High mountains are like level plains to Indra: even in the deep he finds firm ground to rest on.

2. the number 'eight' (there being 8 mountains which surround mount Meru)
3. a particular disease of the eyes

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of गिरि (girí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गिरिः giríḥ	गिरी girī́	गिरयः giráyaḥ
Vocative	गिरे gíre	गिरी gírī	गिरयः gírayaḥ
Accusative	गिरिम् girím	गिरी girī́	गिरीन् girī́n
Instrumental	गिरिणा / गिर्या¹ giríṇā / giryā̀¹	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभिः giríbhiḥ
Dative	गिरये / गिर्ये² giráye / giryè²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Ablative	गिरेः / गिर्यः² giréḥ / giryàḥ²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Genitive	गिरेः / गिर्यः² giréḥ / giryàḥ²	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरीणाम् girīṇā́m
Locative	गिरौ giraú	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरिषु giríṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Descendants

• Helu:
  • Sinhalese: ගිරි (giri)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (giri)
• Pali: giri

• →Tatsama:

  • Kannada: ಗಿರಿ (giri)
  • Malay: giri
  • Telugu: గిరి (giri)
  • Thai: คิริ (kí-rí)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“mouse, weasel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”) and Latin glīs (“dormouse”).

Noun

गिरि • (girí) f

1. a mouse

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of गिरि (girí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गिरिः giríḥ	गिरी girī́	गिरयः giráyaḥ
Vocative	गिरे gíre	गिरी gírī	गिरयः gírayaḥ
Accusative	गिरिम् girím	गिरी girī́	गिरीः girī́ḥ
Instrumental	गिर्या giryā̀	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभिः giríbhiḥ
Dative	गिरये / गिर्ये¹ / गिर्यै² giráye / giryè¹ / giryaì²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Ablative	गिरेः / गिर्याः² giréḥ / giryā̀ḥ²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Genitive	गिरेः / गिर्याः² giréḥ / giryā̀ḥ²	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरीणाम् girīṇā́m
Locative	गिरौ / गिर्याम्² giraú / giryā̀m²	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरिषु giríṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गिरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 355.