व्रीहि

See also: वराह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱ্ৰীহি (Assamese script)
• ᬯ᭄ᬭᬷᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• ব্রীহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝြီဟိ (Burmese script)
• વ્રીહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਰੀਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦿꦷꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವ್ರೀಹಿ (Kannada script)
• វ្រីហិ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຣີຫິ (Lao script)
• വ്രീഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡵᡳᡳᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠷᠢᠢᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧠𑧈𑧓𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵ୍ରୀହି (Odia script)
• ꢮ꣄ꢬꢷꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ව්‍රීහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• வ்ரீஹி (Tamil script)
• వ్రీహి (Telugu script)
• วฺรีหิ (Thai script)
• ཝྲཱི་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Either a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)) or, according to Witzel, borrowed from an unknown South Asian, possibly Austroasiatic, source such as Proto-Mon-Khmer *sruʔ (“paddy rice”) (whence probably Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras and Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas), with the Dravidian word being an independent borrowing of another variant. Related words are found in Iranian, Ancient Greek and Semitic. See Middle Persian blnc for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɾiː.ɦi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɾiː.ɦi/

Noun

व्रीहि • (vrīhí) stem, m

1. rice
2. (in the plural) grains of rice
3. a field of rice
4. rice ripening in the rainy season
5. any grain

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of व्रीहि (vrīhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	व्रीहिः vrīhiḥ	व्रीही vrīhī	व्रीहयः vrīhayaḥ
Vocative	व्रीहे vrīhe	व्रीही vrīhī	व्रीहयः vrīhayaḥ
Accusative	व्रीहिम् vrīhim	व्रीही vrīhī	व्रीहीन् vrīhīn
Instrumental	व्रीहिणा / व्रीह्या¹ vrīhiṇā / vrīhyā¹	व्रीहिभ्याम् vrīhibhyām	व्रीहिभिः vrīhibhiḥ
Dative	व्रीहये vrīhaye	व्रीहिभ्याम् vrīhibhyām	व्रीहिभ्यः vrīhibhyaḥ
Ablative	व्रीहेः / व्रीह्यः¹ vrīheḥ / vrīhyaḥ¹	व्रीहिभ्याम् vrīhibhyām	व्रीहिभ्यः vrīhibhyaḥ
Genitive	व्रीहेः / व्रीह्यः¹ vrīheḥ / vrīhyaḥ¹	व्रीह्योः vrīhyoḥ	व्रीहीणाम् vrīhīṇām
Locative	व्रीहौ / व्रीहा¹ vrīhau / vrīhā¹	व्रीह्योः vrīhyoḥ	व्रीहिषु vrīhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Sinhalese: වී (wī)
• Dhivehi: ވީ (vī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “व्रीहि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1043.