गिर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গিৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬶᬃ (Balinese script)
• গির্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂိရ် (Burmese script)
• ગિર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਿਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦶꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಿರ್ (Kannada script)
• គិរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄິຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗിര് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐶𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗିର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢶꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆴𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගිර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚮𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• கி³ர் (Tamil script)
• గిర్ (Telugu script)
• คิรฺ (Thai script)
• གི་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒱𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gŕ̥Hs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷŕ̥Hs, from *gʷerH- (“to praise”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡíɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡiɾ/

Noun

गिर् • (gír) stem, f (root गॄ)

1. praise, hymn, song of praise, verse, invocation
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.73.1:

     पुरुदंसा पुरुतमा पुराजामर्त्या हवते अश्विना गीः॥

     purudaṃsā purutamā purājāmartyā havate aśvinā gīḥ.

     The song invoketh both Immortal Aśvins far-reaching, born of old, great Wonder workers.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of गिर्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीः (gī́ḥ)	गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹)	गिरः (gíraḥ)
accusative	गिरम् (gíram)	गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹)	गिरः (gíraḥ)
instrumental	गिरा (girā́)	गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m)	गीर्भिः (gīrbhíḥ)
dative	गिरे (giré)	गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m)	गीर्भ्यः (gīrbhyáḥ)
ablative	गिरः (giráḥ)	गीर्भ्याम् (gīrbhyā́m)	गीर्भ्यः (gīrbhyáḥ)
genitive	गिरः (giráḥ)	गिरोः (giróḥ)	गिराम् (girā́m)
locative	गिरि (girí)	गिरोः (giróḥ)	गीर्षु (gīrṣú)
vocative	गीः (gī́ḥ)	गिरौ (gírau) गिरा¹ (gírā¹)	गिरः (gíraḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गिर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 355, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “gír-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 486-7
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gír-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 213