हर्म्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰ্ম্য (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬃᬫ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• হর্ম্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀫𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရ်္မျ (Burmese script)
• હર્મ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰ੍ਮ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦂꦩꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರ್ಮ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ហម៌្យ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣ຺ມ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ഹര്മ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᠮᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠮᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐩𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ହର୍ମ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬ꣄ꢪ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆩𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• හර්‍ම්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑩴 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஹர்ம்ய (Tamil script)
• హర్మ్య (Telugu script)
• หรฺมฺย (Thai script)
• ཧ་རྨྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒧𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨢𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (“house, building”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (zaⁱrimiiāuuaṇt, “with a permanent house”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐɾ.mjɐ́/, [ɦɐɾ.j̃jɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐɾ.mjɐ/

Noun

हर्म्य • (harmyá) stem, n

1. a large house, palace, mansion
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.46.3:

     स शेवृधो जात आ हर्म्येषु नाभिर्युवा भवति रोचनस्य ॥

     sa śevṛdho jāta ā harmyeṣu nābhiryuvā bhavati rocanasya.

     [Agni], born in our houses, Youthful, joy-bestower, he now becomes the central point of brightness.

2. a large building or a residence of a wealthy person
3. stronghold
4. prison

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of हर्म्य (harmyá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हर्म्यम् harmyám	हर्म्ये harmyé	हर्म्याणि / हर्म्या¹ harmyā́ṇi / harmyā́¹
Vocative	हर्म्य hármya	हर्म्ये hármye	हर्म्याणि / हर्म्या¹ hármyāṇi / hármyā¹
Accusative	हर्म्यम् harmyám	हर्म्ये harmyé	हर्म्याणि / हर्म्या¹ harmyā́ṇi / harmyā́¹
Instrumental	हर्म्येण harmyéṇa	हर्म्याभ्याम् harmyā́bhyām	हर्म्यैः / हर्म्येभिः¹ harmyaíḥ / harmyébhiḥ¹
Dative	हर्म्याय harmyā́ya	हर्म्याभ्याम् harmyā́bhyām	हर्म्येभ्यः harmyébhyaḥ
Ablative	हर्म्यात् harmyā́t	हर्म्याभ्याम् harmyā́bhyām	हर्म्येभ्यः harmyébhyaḥ
Genitive	हर्म्यस्य harmyásya	हर्म्ययोः harmyáyoḥ	हर्म्याणाम् harmyā́ṇām
Locative	हर्म्ये harmyé	हर्म्ययोः harmyáyoḥ	हर्म्येषु harmyéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: hammiya
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀅 (hammia)
• Tamil: அரமியம் (aramiyam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हर्म्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1292.