हरि

See also: हरा, हरू, ह्री, हीरा, हार, and हर

Braj

Proper noun

हरि (hari) m

1. (Hinduism) Hari: an epithet of Krishna, avatar of Vishnu

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰárHiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (zaⁱri), Persian زر (zar, “gold”).

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• হৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• হরি (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရိ (Burmese script)
• હરિ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರಿ (Kannada script)
• ហរិ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣິ (Lao script)
• ഹരി (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ହରି (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• හරි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஹரி (Tamil script)
• హరి (Telugu script)
• หริ (Thai script)
• ཧ་རི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́.ɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.ɾi/

Adjective

हरि • (hári) stem

1. yellow or green
2. fawn-coloured
3. reddish brown
4. brown
5. tawny
6. pale
7. yellow
8. fallow
9. bay (especially applied to horses)
10. green
11. greenish

Noun

हरि • (hári) stem, m

1. a horse, steed (especially of Indra)
2. a lion
3. the sign of the zodiac Leo
4. the sun
5. a monkey
6. a ray of light
7. the moon
8. mungo bean, Vigna mungo
9. a jackal
10. a parrot
11. peacock
12. the koil or Indian cuckoo
13. a goose
14. a frog
15. a snake
16. fire
17. the wind
18. (in the plural) men, people (= मनुष्याः)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of हरि (hari)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरिः hariḥ	हरी harī	हरयः harayaḥ
Vocative	हरे hare	हरी harī	हरयः harayaḥ
Accusative	हरिम् harim	हरी harī	हरीन् harīn
Instrumental	हरिणा / हर्या¹ hariṇā / haryā¹	हरिभ्याम् haribhyām	हरिभिः haribhiḥ
Dative	हरये haraye	हरिभ्याम् haribhyām	हरिभ्यः haribhyaḥ
Ablative	हरेः / हर्यः¹ hareḥ / haryaḥ¹	हरिभ्याम् haribhyām	हरिभ्यः haribhyaḥ
Genitive	हरेः / हर्यः¹ hareḥ / haryaḥ¹	हर्योः haryoḥ	हरीणाम् harīṇām
Locative	हरौ / हरा¹ harau / harā¹	हर्योः haryoḥ	हरिषु hariṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

हरि • (hári)

1. name of Vayu (god of the wind)
2. name of Indra
3. name of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa (in this sense thought by some to be derived from √hṛ, 'to take away or remove evil or sin')
4. name of Brahmā TĀr.
5. name of Yama
6. name of Śiva
7. name of Śukra
8. name of Su-parṇa
9. name of a son of Garuḍa
10. name of a Rākshasa
11. name of a Dānava
12. name of a son of Akampaua (or Anukampana)
13. name of a son of Tārakâksha
14. name of a son of Parājit
15. name of a son of Parāvṛit
16. name of a worshiper of Vishṇu
17. name of various authors and scholars (especially of the poet Bhartṛi-hari as the author of the Vākya-padīya)
18. name (also with miśra, bhaṭṭa, dīkṣita etc.)
19. name of a mountain
20. name of a world (compare hari-varṣa)
21. name of a metre
22. name of a particular high number
23. name a particular class of gods under Manu Tāmasa
24. female name of the mythical mother of the monkeys

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1289.

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Yamphu

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌri/

Noun

हरि (hari)

1. blood