परिणी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰিণী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• পরিণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပရိဏီ (Burmese script)
• પરિણી (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
• បរិណី (Khmer script)
• ປຣິຓີ (Lao script)
• പരിണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପରିଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පරිණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• பரிணீ (Tamil script)
• పరిణీ (Telugu script)
• ปริณี (Thai script)
• པ་རི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From परि- (pari-) +‎ नी (nī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi.ɳiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾi.ɳiː/

Root

परिणी • (pariṇī)

1. to lead or bear or carry about or round
2. to lead a bride and bridegroom round the sacrificial fire
3. to marry
4. to lead forward to, put or place
5. to trace out, discover, investigate
6. to pass or spend time

Derived terms

• परिणय (pariṇaya)
• परिणयन (pariṇayana)
• परिणाय (pariṇāya)
• परिणायक (pariṇāyaka)
• परिणीत (pariṇīta)
• परिणीति (pariṇīti)
• परिणेतव्य (pariṇetavya)
• परिणेतृ (pariṇetṛ)
• परिणेय (pariṇeya)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “परिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 595, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “परिणी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan