ईर्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঈৰ্ম (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬃᬫ (Balinese script)
• ঈর্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰨𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀭𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဤရ်္မ (Burmese script)
• ઈર્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਈਰ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌰𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦂꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂩𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಈರ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• ឦម៌ (Khmer script)
• ອີຣ຺ມ (Lao script)
• ഈര്മ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᡵᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘨𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᠷᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧈𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐬𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଈର୍ମ (Odia script)
• ꢅꢬ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆫𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖨𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• ඊර්‍ම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚤𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
• ஈர்ம (Tamil script)
• ఈర్మ (Telugu script)
• อีรฺม (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་རྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒩𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥Hmás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥H-mó-s. Cognate with Latin armus (“shoulder (of an animal)”), Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), Proto-Slavic *òrmo (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iːɾ.mɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /iːɾ.mɐ/

Noun

ई॒र्म • (īrmá) stem, m

1. arm
2. the forequarter of an animal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ई॒र्म

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ई॒र्मः (īrmáḥ)	ई॒र्मौ (īrmáu) ई॒र्मा¹ (īrmā́¹)	ई॒र्माः (īrmā́ḥ) ई॒र्मासः॑¹ (īrmā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ई॒र्मम् (īrmám)	ई॒र्मौ (īrmáu) ई॒र्मा¹ (īrmā́¹)	ई॒र्मान् (īrmā́n)
instrumental	ई॒र्मेण॑ (īrméṇa)	ई॒र्माभ्या॑म् (īrmā́bhyām)	ई॒र्मैः (īrmáiḥ) ई॒र्मेभिः॑¹ (īrmébhiḥ¹)
dative	ई॒र्माय॑ (īrmā́ya)	ई॒र्माभ्या॑म् (īrmā́bhyām)	ई॒र्मेभ्यः॑ (īrmébhyaḥ)
ablative	ई॒र्मात् (īrmā́t)	ई॒र्माभ्या॑म् (īrmā́bhyām)	ई॒र्मेभ्यः॑ (īrmébhyaḥ)
genitive	ई॒र्मस्य॑ (īrmásya)	ई॒र्मयोः॑ (īrmáyoḥ)	ई॒र्माणा॑म् (īrmā́ṇām)
locative	ई॒र्मे (īrmé)	ई॒र्मयोः॑ (īrmáyoḥ)	ई॒र्मेषु॑ (īrméṣu)
vocative	ईर्म॑ (ī́rma)	ईर्मौ॑ (ī́rmau) ईर्मा॑¹ (ī́rmā¹)	ईर्माः॑ (ī́rmāḥ) ईर्मा॑सः¹ (ī́rmāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ईर्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 170, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 205-6
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 237-8

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “īrma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.