व्रीहि

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: वराह

Sanskrit

[edit]

Alternative scripts

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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.[1] Related words are found in Iranian, Ancient Greek and Semitic. See Middle Persian blnc for more.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

व्रीहि (vrīhí) stemm

  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

[edit]
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

[edit]
  • Sinhalese: වී ()
  • Dhivehi: ވީ ()

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Witzel 1999, page 27