ධීරො

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dhīro (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀻𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• धीरो (Devanagari script)
• ধীরো (Bengali script)
• ဓီရော or ဓဳရော or ꩪီရေႃ (Burmese script)
• ธีโร (Thai script)
• ᨵᩦᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘີໂຣ (Lao script)
• ធីរោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄩𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ධීරො

1. Sinhala script form of dhīro, nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, “wise; firm”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধীৰো (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬷᬭᭀ (Balinese script)
• ধীরো (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰱𑰨𑰺 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀻𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• ဓီရော (Burmese script)
• धीरो (Devanagari script)
• ધીરો (Gujarati script)
• ਧੀਰੋ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑍋 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦷꦫꦺꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂲𑂩𑂷 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೀರೋ (Kannada script)
• ធីរោ (Khmer script)
• ຘີໂຣ (Lao script)
• ധീരോ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡳᡳᡵᠣ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘲𑘨𑘻 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠢᠢᠷᠣᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧓𑧈𑧜 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐷𑐬𑑀 (Newa script)
• ଧୀରୋ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢷꢬꣂ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆵𑆫𑆾 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖱𑖨𑖺 (Siddham script)
• 𑩮𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩕 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚯𑚤𑚴 (Takri script)
• தீ⁴ரோ (Tamil script)
• ధీరో (Telugu script)
• ธีโร (Thai script)
• དྷཱི་རོ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒲𑒩𑒼 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨆 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Adjective

ධීරො • (dhī́ro)

1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, “firm”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ධීරො • (dhī́ro)

1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular masculine of ධීර (dhīra, “intelligent”)
   • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Appamādavaɡɡa, page 32; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     8. ප්‍රමාදමප්‍රමාදෙන යදා නුදති පණ‍්ඩිතඃ
     ප්‍රඥාප්‍රසාදමාරුහ්‍ය ත්‍වශොකඃ ශොකිනීං ප්‍රජාම්
     පර්‍වතස‍්ථ ඉව භූමිෂ‍්ඨාන් ධීරො බාලානවෙක්‍ෂතෙ

     8 Pramādamapramādena yadā nudati paṇḍitaḥ
     Prajñāprasādamāruhya tvaśokaḥ śokinīṃ prajām
     Parvatastha iva bhūmiṣṭhān dhīro bālānavekṣate

     8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools below.

     (literally, “8. When the astute dispel negligence by means of diligence,
     having ascended the palace of wisdom, the sorrow-free then behold this generation of sorrow,
     as a wise man on a mountain-top beholds the fools on the ground.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Etymology 3

Noun

ධීරො • (dhī́ro) m

1. Sinhalese script form of धीरो, sandhi form of nominative singular of ධීර (dhīra, “the ocean”)