अहरहर्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অহৰহৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳᬭᬳᬃ (Balinese script)
• অহরহর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰨𑰮𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀭𑀳𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဟရဟရ် (Burmese script)
• અહરહર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹਰਹਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑌰𑌹𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲꦫꦲꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂩𑂯𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹರಹರ್ (Kannada script)
• អហរហរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຫຣຫຣ຺ (Lao script)
• അഹരഹര് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡥᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘨𑘮𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠾᠠᠷᠠᠾᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧈𑧎𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑐬𑐴𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅହରହର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲꢬꢲꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑆫𑆲𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖨𑖮𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අහරහර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂𑩼𑪂𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚤𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஹரஹர் (Tamil script)
• అహరహర్ (Telugu script)
• อหรหรฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧ་ར་ཧ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑒩𑒯𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨫𑨱𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Reduplication of अहर् (áhar, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɦɐ.ɾɐ.ɦɐɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐ.ɾɐ.ɦɐɾ/

Adverb

अहरहर् • (áharahar)

1. each day, daily, day after day

   Synonyms: प्रतिदिनम् (pratidinam), प्रत्यहरम् (pratyaharam), दिवेदिवे (divedive), अनुवासरम् (anuvāsaram), प्रतिवासरम् (prativāsaram), प्रतिदिवसम् (pratidivasam), अहर्दिव (ahardiva), सद्यस् (sadyas)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.30.1:

     ऋ॒तं दे॒वाय॑ कृण्व॒ते स॑वि॒त्र इन्द्रा॑याहि॒घ्ने न र॑मन्त॒ आपः॑ ।
     अह॑रहर्यात्य॒क्तुर॒पां किया॒त्या प्र॑थ॒मः सर्ग॑ आसाम् ॥

     ṛtáṃ devā́ya kṛṇvaté savitrá índrāyāhighné ná ramanta ā́paḥ .
     áharaharyātyaktúrapā́ṃ kíyātyā́ prathamáḥ sárga āsām .

     The waters unceasingly to the divine Indra, the sender of rain, the animator [of all], the slayer of Ahi;
     Day by day proceeds the current of the waters. What time had past since they were first set flowing?

Descendants

• → Bengali: অহরহ (ôhôrôhô) (learned)
• → Odia: ଅହରହ (aharaha) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अहरहर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “aharahar”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.