करीर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• करिर (karira)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬭᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• করীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကရီရ (Burmese script)
• કરીર (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦫꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರೀರ (Kannada script)
• ករីរ (Khmer script)
• ກຣີຣ (Lao script)
• കരീര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• କରୀର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කරීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• கரீர (Tamil script)
• కరీర (Telugu script)
• กรีร (Thai script)
• ཀ་རཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾíː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾiː.ɾɐ/

Noun

करीर • (karī́ra) stem, m

1. shoot, sprout (especially of bamboo)
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 46.292:

     वेणोः करीराः कफला मधुरा रसपाकतः ।
     विदाहिनो वातकराः सकषाया विरूक्षणाः ॥

     veṇoḥ karīrāḥ kaphalā madhurā rasapākataḥ.
     vidāhino vātakarāḥ sakaṣāyā virūkṣaṇāḥ.

     Bamboo shoots are phlegmatic, sweet both in taste and digestion, causing heartburn and flatulence, astringent and dryness-causing.

2. Karira (a thorny plant growing in deserts and eaten by camels)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of करीर (karī́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	करीरः karī́raḥ	करीरौ / करीरा¹ karī́rau / karī́rā¹	करीराः / करीरासः¹ karī́rāḥ / karī́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative	करीर kárīra	करीरौ / करीरा¹ kárīrau / kárīrā¹	करीराः / करीरासः¹ kárīrāḥ / kárīrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	करीरम् karī́ram	करीरौ / करीरा¹ karī́rau / karī́rā¹	करीरान् karī́rān
Instrumental	करीरेण karī́reṇa	करीराभ्याम् karī́rābhyām	करीरैः / करीरेभिः¹ karī́raiḥ / karī́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	करीराय karī́rāya	करीराभ्याम् karī́rābhyām	करीरेभ्यः karī́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	करीरात् karī́rāt	करीराभ्याम् karī́rābhyām	करीरेभ्यः karī́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	करीरस्य karī́rasya	करीरयोः karī́rayoḥ	करीराणाम् karī́rāṇām
Locative	करीरे karī́re	करीरयोः karī́rayoḥ	करीरेषु karī́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “करीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 255, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “karīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “करीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 537
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141