ह्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• হ্ৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬳ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• হ্রী (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဟြီ (Burmese script)
• હ્રી (Gujarati script)
• ਹ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಹ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
• ហ្រី (Khmer script)
• ຫ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ഹ്രീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ହ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢲ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• හ්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• ஹ்ரீ (Tamil script)
• హ్రీ (Telugu script)
• หฺรี (Thai script)
• ཧྲཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ह्री • (hrī́) stem, f

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

Declension

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

ह्री • (hrī)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ह्री‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जिह्रेति (jihreti, Present)
• ह्रेष्यति (hreṣyati, Future)
• ह्रेता (hretā, Periphrastic Future)
• अह्रैषीत् (ahraiṣīt, Aorist)
• ह्रीयात् (hrīyāt, Benedictive)
• जिह्राय (jihrāya, Perfect)
• जिह्रयामास (jihrayāmāsa, Periphrastic Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• ह्रेपयति (hrepayati, Causative)
• अजिह्रिपत् (ajihripat, Causative Aorist)
• जिह्रीषति (jihrīṣati, Desiderative)
• जेह्रीयते (jehrīyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• ह्रीत (hrīta, Past Participle)
• ह्रीण (hrīṇa, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• अह्रय (áhraya)
• अह्रि (áhri)
• ह्री (hrī́)
• ह्रीति (hrīti)
• ह्रेपण (hrepaṇa)

References

• 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

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 180