इरावती

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইৰাৱতী (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬭᬵᬯᬢᬷ (Balinese script)
• ইরাবতী (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰨𑰯𑰪𑰝𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဣရာဝတီ (Burmese script)
• ઇરાવતી (Gujarati script)
• ਇਰਾਵਤੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌤𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦫꦴꦮꦠꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂩𑂰𑂫𑂞𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಇರಾವತೀ (Kannada script)
• ឥរាវតី (Khmer script)
• ອິຣາວຕີ (Lao script)
• ഇരാവതീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᢠᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘝𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠷᠠᢗᠸᠠᢐᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧈𑧑𑧊𑦽𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐬𑐵𑐰𑐟𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଇରାଵତୀ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢬꢵꢮꢡꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆫𑆳𑆮𑆠𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖨𑖯𑖪𑖝𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඉරාවතී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩼𑩛𑩾𑩫𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚤𑚭𑚦𑚙𑚯 (Takri script)
• இராவதீ (Tamil script)
• ఇరావతీ (Telugu script)
• อิราวตี (Thai script)
• ཨི་རཱ་ཝ་ཏཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒩𑒰𑒫𑒞𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨫𑨊𑨭𑨙𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /í.ɾɑː.ʋɐ.tiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈɾɑː.ʋɐ.t̪iː/

Adjective

इरावती • (irāvatī)

1. feminine singular of इरावत् (irāvat)

Proper noun

इरावती • (irāvatī) stem, f

1. name of a plant (L.)
2. epithet of Durgā, the wife of Rudra (BhP.)
3. name of a daughter of the Nāga Suśravas (Rājat.)
4. name of a river in the Pañjāb (now called Rāvī) (MBh., Hariv., VP.)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of इरावती (irāvatī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इरावती irāvatī	इरावत्यौ / इरावती¹ irāvatyau / irāvatī¹	इरावत्यः / इरावतीः¹ irāvatyaḥ / irāvatīḥ¹
Vocative	इरावति irāvati	इरावत्यौ / इरावती¹ irāvatyau / irāvatī¹	इरावत्यः / इरावतीः¹ irāvatyaḥ / irāvatīḥ¹
Accusative	इरावतीम् irāvatīm	इरावत्यौ / इरावती¹ irāvatyau / irāvatī¹	इरावतीः irāvatīḥ
Instrumental	इरावत्या irāvatyā	इरावतीभ्याम् irāvatībhyām	इरावतीभिः irāvatībhiḥ
Dative	इरावत्यै irāvatyai	इरावतीभ्याम् irāvatībhyām	इरावतीभ्यः irāvatībhyaḥ
Ablative	इरावत्याः / इरावत्यै² irāvatyāḥ / irāvatyai²	इरावतीभ्याम् irāvatībhyām	इरावतीभ्यः irāvatībhyaḥ
Genitive	इरावत्याः / इरावत्यै² irāvatyāḥ / irāvatyai²	इरावत्योः irāvatyoḥ	इरावतीनाम् irāvatīnām
Locative	इरावत्याम् irāvatyām	इरावत्योः irāvatyoḥ	इरावतीषु irāvatīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဧရာဝတီ (erawa.ti)
  • → English: Irrawaddy
  • → Khmer: ឥរាវតី (ʼiraavĕəʼtəy)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “írā—vatī”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 168, column 1.