ह्री
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬳ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- হ্ৰী (Assamese script)
- হ্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- હ્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਹੑਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦲꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- ហ្រី (Khmer script)
- ಹ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ຫ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ഹ്രീ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘮𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠷᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᡥᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- ဟြီ (Burmese script)
- 𑧎𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- ହ୍ରୀ (Oriya script)
- ꢲ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- හ්රී (Sinhalese script)
- హ్రీ (Telugu script)
- หฺรี (Thai script)
- ཧྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreyH- (“to be ashamed”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɾiː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɦɾiː/
Noun
ह्री • (hrī) f
- shame
- modesty
- shyness
- timidity
Root
ह्री • (hrī)
- to blush, be modest
- to be ashamed
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ह्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1307.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 209
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ह्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ह्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 180