गिर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গিৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬶᬃ (Balinese script)
• গির্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂိရ် (Burmese script)
• ગિર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਿਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦶꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಿರ್ (Kannada script)
• គិរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄິຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗിര് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐶𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗିର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢶꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆴𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගිර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚮𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• கி³ர் (Tamil script)
• గిర్ (Telugu script)
• คิรฺ (Thai script)
• གི་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒱𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gŕ̥Hs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷŕ̥Hs, from *gʷerH- (“to praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡíɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡiɾ/

Noun

गिर् • (gír) stem, f (root गॄ)

1. praise, hymn, song of praise, verse, invocation
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.1:

     पुरुदंसा पुरुतमा पुराजामर्त्या हवते अश्विना गीः॥

     purudaṃsā purutamā purājāmartyā havate aśvinā gīḥ.

     The song invoketh both Immortal Aśvins far-reaching, born of old, great Wonder workers.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गिर् (gír)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीः gī́ḥ	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Vocative	गीः gī́ḥ	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Accusative	गिरम् gíram	गिरौ / गिरा¹ gírau / gírā¹	गिरः gíraḥ
Instrumental	गिरा girā́	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भिः gīrbhíḥ
Dative	गिरे giré	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भ्यः gīrbhyáḥ
Ablative	गिरः giráḥ	गीर्भ्याम् gīrbhyā́m	गीर्भ्यः gīrbhyáḥ
Genitive	गिरः giráḥ	गिरोः giróḥ	गिराम् girā́m
Locative	गिरि girí	गिरोः giróḥ	गीर्षु gīrṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गिर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 355, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gír-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 486-7
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “gír-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 213