आभीर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আভীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬪᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• আভীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰥𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀪𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာဘီရ (Burmese script)
• આભીર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਭੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌭𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦨꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂦𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಭೀರ (Kannada script)
• អាភីរ (Khmer script)
• ອາຠີຣ (Lao script)
• ആഭീര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢨᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘥𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠪᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧅𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐨𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆଭୀର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢩꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆨𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖥𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආභීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩳𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚡𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆபீ⁴ர (Tamil script)
• ఆభీర (Telugu script)
• อาภีร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་བྷཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒦𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.bʱiː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbʱiː.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

आभीर • (ābhīra) stem, m

1. name of a community of cowherds

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀆𑀪𑀻𑀭 (ābhīra), 𑀆𑀳𑀻𑀭 (āhīra), 𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀭 (ahira), 𑀆𑀳𑁆ē𑀭 (āhēra)
  • Kumaoni: अहीर (ahīr)
  • Bengali: আহির (ahir)
  • Odia: ଆହିର (ahirô)
  • Bihari: अहीर (ahīr)
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂃𑂯𑂱𑂩𑂹 (ahir)
  • Awadhi: अहिर (ahir)
  • Hindi: अहीर (ahīr)
    • → English: Ahir
  • Gujarati: આહીર (āhīr)
  • Marathi: 𑘀𑘮𑘲𑘨 (ahīr)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “आभीर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]