करी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from the nominative singular of Sanskrit करिन् (karin), from कर (kara) +‎ -इन् (-in). कर (kara) is from the root कृ (kṛ), while the suffix -इन् (-in) is from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ɾiː/, [kɐ.ɾiː]

Noun

करी • (karī) m (Urdu spelling کری)

1. an elephant

   Synonyms: हस्ती (hastī), हाथी (hāthī), गज (gaj), कुंजर (kuñjar)

Declension

Declension of करी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	करी karī	करी karī
oblique	करी karī	करियों kariyõ
vocative	करी karī	करियो kariyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “करी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “करी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.