रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रय् (ray), री (rī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ရိ (Burmese script)
• રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ರಿ (Kannada script)
• រិ (Khmer script)
• ຣິ (Lao script)
• രി (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ରି (Odia script)
• ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• ரி (Tamil script)
• రి (Telugu script)
• ริ (Thai script)
• རི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, churn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *rìnǫti, Old English rinnan (whence English run).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɾi/

Root

रि • (ri)

1. to release, set free, let go
2. to sever, detach from
3. to yield, bestow
4. to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow

Derived terms

• अरिण्वन् (ariṇvan)
• अरीरिपत् (arīripat)
• अरेष्ट (areṣṭa)
• अरैषीत् (araiṣīt)
• रिणाति (riṇāti)
• रिणीते (riṇīte)
• रियति (riyati)
• रिराय (rirāya)
• रिरीषति (rirīṣati)
• रिर्ये (rirye)
• रीयते (rīyate)
• रेता (retā)
• रेतुम् (retum)
• रेपयति (repayati)
• रेरयीति (rerayīti)
• रेरीयते (rerīyate)
• रेष्यति (reṣyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 139
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8; 451