लहरी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লহৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬳᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• লহরী (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰮𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• လဟရီ (Burmese script)
• લહરી (Gujarati script)
• ਲਹਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌹𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦲꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂯𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಹರೀ (Kannada script)
• លហរី (Khmer script)
• ລຫຣີ (Lao script)
• ലഹരീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᡥᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘮𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠾᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧎𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐴𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଲହରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢲꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆲𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖮𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ලහරී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑪂𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚩𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• லஹரீ (Tamil script)
• లహరీ (Telugu script)
• ลหรี (Thai script)
• ལ་ཧ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒯𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨱𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Burrow derives the word from Dravidian. Note also Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar, “lahar, mudflow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.ɦɐ.ɾiː/

Noun

लहरी • (laharī) stem, f

1. a large wave, billow

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of लहरी (laharī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लहरी laharī	लहर्यौ / लहरी¹ laharyau / laharī¹	लहर्यः / लहरीः¹ laharyaḥ / laharīḥ¹
Vocative	लहरि lahari	लहर्यौ / लहरी¹ laharyau / laharī¹	लहर्यः / लहरीः¹ laharyaḥ / laharīḥ¹
Accusative	लहरीम् laharīm	लहर्यौ / लहरी¹ laharyau / laharī¹	लहरीः laharīḥ
Instrumental	लहर्या laharyā	लहरीभ्याम् laharībhyām	लहरीभिः laharībhiḥ
Dative	लहर्यै laharyai	लहरीभ्याम् laharībhyām	लहरीभ्यः laharībhyaḥ
Ablative	लहर्याः / लहर्यै² laharyāḥ / laharyai²	लहरीभ्याम् laharībhyām	लहरीभ्यः laharībhyaḥ
Genitive	लहर्याः / लहर्यै² laharyāḥ / laharyai²	लहर्योः laharyoḥ	लहरीणाम् laharīṇām
Locative	लहर्याम् laharyām	लहर्योः laharyoḥ	लहरीषु laharīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: نار (nāri, “wave, rapids, water shooting up”)
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (laharī)
  • Central:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: લહર (lahar), લર (lar, “wave, caprice”)
      • Hindustani: lahar, lahrā

        Hindi: लहर, लहरा

        Urdu: لَہَر, لَہرَا

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: লহৰি (lohori, “wave”)
      • Bengali: লহর (lohor)
      • Odia: ନହରା (naharā, “whirlpool”), ଲହଡ଼ି (lahaṛi), ଲହଡ଼ା (lahaṛā, “wave”)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: लहर (lahar, “excitement”)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ރާޅު (rāḷu)
      • Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: लहर (lahar)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
      • Sindhi: لَهَرِ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लहरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 899/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 441
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lahari”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press