अहर्

See also: अंह्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অহৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳᬃ (Balinese script)
• অহর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဟရ် (Burmese script)
• અહર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹರ್ (Kannada script)
• អហរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຫຣ຺ (Lao script)
• അഹര് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡥᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠾᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅହର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අහර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஹர் (Tamil script)
• అహర్ (Telugu script)
• อหรฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háźʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵʰ-r̥ ~ *h₂ǵʰ-én-s (“day”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (aiiar, “day”) and possibly Old English dæġ (whence English day).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अहर् • (áhar) stem, n

1. day
2. sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance
3. day personified as one of the eight Vasus

Derived terms

• अहरहर् (aharahar)
• दशहरा (daśaharā)
• सप्ताह (saptāha)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अहर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0124.