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): /uːɾ.mi/

Noun

ऊ॒र्मि • (ūrmí) stem, f

1. wave, billow
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.17.12:

     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 ऊ॒र्मि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऊ॒र्मिः (ūrmíḥ)	ऊ॒र्मी (ūrmī́)	ऊ॒र्मयः॑ (ūrmáyaḥ)
accusative	ऊ॒र्मिम् (ūrmím)	ऊ॒र्मी (ūrmī́)	ऊ॒र्मीः (ūrmī́ḥ)
instrumental	ऊ॒र्म्या (ūrmyā́) ऊ॒र्मी¹ (ūrmī́¹)	ऊ॒र्मिभ्या॑म् (ūrmíbhyām)	ऊ॒र्मिभिः॑ (ūrmíbhiḥ)
dative	ऊ॒र्मये॑ (ūrmáye) ऊ॒र्म्यै² (ūrmyái²) ऊ॒र्मी¹ (ūrmī́¹)	ऊ॒र्मिभ्या॑म् (ūrmíbhyām)	ऊ॒र्मिभ्यः॑ (ūrmíbhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊ॒र्मेः (ūrméḥ) ऊ॒र्म्याः² (ūrmyā́ḥ²) ऊ॒र्म्यै³ (ūrmyái³)	ऊ॒र्मिभ्या॑म् (ūrmíbhyām)	ऊ॒र्मिभ्यः॑ (ūrmíbhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊ॒र्मेः (ūrméḥ) ऊ॒र्म्याः² (ūrmyā́ḥ²) ऊ॒र्म्यै³ (ūrmyái³)	ऊ॒र्म्योः (ūrmyóḥ)	ऊ॒र्मी॒णाम् (ūrmīṇā́m)
locative	ऊ॒र्मौ (ūrmáu) ऊ॒र्म्याम्² (ūrmyā́m²) ऊ॒र्मा¹ (ūrmā́¹)	ऊ॒र्म्योः (ūrmyóḥ)	ऊ॒र्मिषु॑ (ūrmíṣu)
vocative	ऊर्मे॑ (ū́rme)	ऊर्मी॑ (ū́rmī)	ऊर्म॑यः (ū́rmayaḥ)

• 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 222, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ūrmí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 245
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “ūrmí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 538-539