ऊर्मि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊৰ্মি (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬃᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
• ঊর্মি (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဦရ်္မိ (Burmese script)
• ઊર્મિ (Gujarati script)
• ਊਰ੍ਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦂꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಊರ್ಮಿ (Kannada script)
• ឩម៌ិ (Khmer script)
• ອູຣ຺ມິ (Lao script)
• ഊര്മി (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᡵᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠷᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଊର୍ମି (Odia script)
• ꢇꢬ꣄ꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ඌර්‍මි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஊர்மி (Tamil script)
• ఊర్మి (Telugu script)
• อูรฺมิ (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་རྨི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥Hmíš (“wave”), from Proto-Indo-European wl̥H-mí-s (“wave”), from *welH- (“to turn, coil”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨𐬌 (var^əmi), Lithuanian vilnis, Old Church Slavonic вльна (vlĭna), Albanian valë, German Welle.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uːɾ.mí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuːɾ.mi/

Noun

ऊर्मि • (ūrmí) stem, f

1. wave, billow
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.017.12:

     आ क्षोदो॒ महि॑ वृ॒तं न॒दीनां॒ परि॑ष्ठितम् असृज ऊ॒र्मिम् अ॒पाम् ।
     तासा॒म् अनु॑ प्र॒वत॑ इन्द्र॒ पन्थां॒ प्रार्द॑यो॒ नीची॑र् अपसः॑ समु॒द्रम् ॥

     ā́ kṣódo máhi vṛtáṃ nadī́nāṃ páriṣṭhitam asṛja ūrmím apā́m.
     tā́sām ánu praváta indra pánthāṃ prā́rdayo nī́cīr apasaḥ samudrám.

     You set free the rushing wave of waters; the floods' great swell encompassed and obstructed.
     You directed downward, O Indra, their course along steep slopes, speeding to the ocean.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of ऊर्मि (ūrmí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऊर्मिः ūrmíḥ	ऊर्मी ūrmī́	ऊर्मयः ūrmáyaḥ
Vocative	ऊर्मे ū́rme	ऊर्मी ū́rmī	ऊर्मयः ū́rmayaḥ
Accusative	ऊर्मिम् ūrmím	ऊर्मी ūrmī́	ऊर्मीः ūrmī́ḥ
Instrumental	ऊर्म्या / ऊर्मी¹ ūrmyā́ / ūrmī́¹	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभिः ūrmíbhiḥ
Dative	ऊर्मये / ऊर्म्यै² / ऊर्मी¹ ūrmáye / ūrmyaí² / ūrmī́¹	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभ्यः ūrmíbhyaḥ
Ablative	ऊर्मेः / ऊर्म्याः² / ऊर्म्यै³ ūrméḥ / ūrmyā́ḥ² / ūrmyaí³	ऊर्मिभ्याम् ūrmíbhyām	ऊर्मिभ्यः ūrmíbhyaḥ
Genitive	ऊर्मेः / ऊर्म्याः² / ऊर्म्यै³ ūrméḥ / ūrmyā́ḥ² / ūrmyaí³	ऊर्म्योः ūrmyóḥ	ऊर्मीणाम् ūrmīṇā́m
Locative	ऊर्मौ / ऊर्म्याम्² / ऊर्मा¹ ūrmaú / ūrmyā́m² / ūrmā́¹	ऊर्म्योः ūrmyóḥ	ऊर्मिषु ūrmíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഉറുമി (uṟumi), ഊർമി (ūṟmi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऊर्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0222.