लहरी

लहरी

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/

Noun

लहरी • (laharī) f

1. a large wave

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:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: লহৰি (lohori, “wave”)
      • Bengali: লহর (lôhôr)
      • Oriya: ନହରା (nôhôra, “whirlpool”), ଲହଡ଼ି (lôhôṛi), ଲହଡ଼ା (lôhôṛa, “wave”)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: लहर (lahar, “excitement”)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ރާޅު‎ (rāḷu)
      • Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: लहर (lahar)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
      • Sindhi: لَهَرِ‎ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو‎ (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lahari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press