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ह्री

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreyH- (to be ashamed). Cognate with Old High German grīnan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ह्री (hrī́) stemf

  1. shame
  2. modesty
  3. shyness
  4. timidity

Declension

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Feminine ī-stem declension of ह्री (hrī́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ह्रीः
hrī́ḥ
ह्रियौ
hríyau
ह्रियः
hríyaḥ
Vocative ह्रीः
hrī́ḥ
ह्रियौ
hríyau
ह्रियः
hríyaḥ
Accusative ह्रियम्
hríyam
ह्रियौ
hríyau
ह्रियः
hríyaḥ
Instrumental ह्रिया
hriyā́
ह्रीभ्याम्
hrībhyā́m
ह्रीभिः
hrībhíḥ
Dative ह्रिये / ह्रियै¹
hriyé / hriyaí¹
ह्रीभ्याम्
hrībhyā́m
ह्रीभ्यः
hrībhyáḥ
Ablative ह्रियः / ह्रियाः¹ / ह्रियै²
hriyáḥ / hriyā́ḥ¹ / hriyaí²
ह्रीभ्याम्
hrībhyā́m
ह्रीभ्यः
hrībhyáḥ
Genitive ह्रियः / ह्रियाः¹ / ह्रियै²
hriyáḥ / hriyā́ḥ¹ / hriyaí²
ह्रियोः
hriyóḥ
ह्रियाम् / ह्रीणाम्¹
hriyā́m / hrīṇā́m¹
Locative ह्रियि / ह्रियाम्¹
hriyí / hriyā́m¹
ह्रियोः
hriyóḥ
ह्रीषु
hrīṣú
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Root

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ह्री (hrī)

  1. to blush, be modest
  2. to be ashamed

Derived terms

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Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ह्री not found
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “ह्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1307, column 2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 209
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ह्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ह्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press