ரிஷி

Tamil

Alternative forms

• ருஷி (ruṣi)
• இருடி (iruṭi) — tadbhava

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛṣi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɪʂɪ/, [ɾɪʂi]

Noun

ரிஷி • (riṣi)

1. (Hinduism) a rishi, a Hindu sage

   Synonyms: முனிவன் (muṉivaṉ), முனி (muṉi)

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “ரிஷி”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]