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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for गिर्

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गिर्gira.Ved. Addressing, invoking. -f. (nom. sing. गीः; instr. dual गीर्भ्याम् &c.)

    [गॄ-क्विप् वा टाप्]

    1. Vedic Addressing, invoking. -Feminine (nom. Singular गीः; Instrumental dual गीर्भ्याम् etc.)
    2. Speech, words, language; वचस्यवसिते तस्मिन् ससर्ज गिरमात्मभूः Ku.2.53;3.72; भवतीनां सूनृतयैव गिरा कृतमातिथ्यम् Ś.1; प्रवृत्तिसाराः खलु मादृशां गिरः Ki.1.25; Śi.2.15; Y.1.71.
    3. Invocation, praise, song.
    4. Name of Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech and learning.
    5. Intellect; Compare गिर्धीः Enm.
    6. Knowledge from hearing (श्रवणजज्ञान); प्रपूर्वगौ पूर्वजौ चित्रभानू गिरा वाऽऽशंसामि तपसा ह्यनन्तौ Mb.1. 3.57 com.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -देवी (गीर्देवी) Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech.

    • -पतिः

      1. (written as गीःपतिः, गीष्पतिः and गीर्पतिः)
      2. Name of Bṛihaspati, the preceptor of the gods.
      3. a learned man; so गिरीशः, -रथः (गीरथः) Name of Bṛihaspati.

    • -वा (बा) णः (गीर्वाण) a god, deity; परिमलो गीर्वाणचेतोहरः Bv.1.63,84. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकुसुमम् cloves.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गिर्girmfn. (√1. गॄ) addressing, invoking, praising RV.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√1. गॄ) addressing, invoking, praising fg-veda
    2. feminine (/ईर्) invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song fg-veda (the Maruts मरुत् s are called "sons of praise", सून्/अवो ग्/इरः, i, 37, 10) AV.
    3. feminine speech, speaking, language, voice, words (exempli gratia, 'for example' मानुषीं गिरं √1. कृ, to assume a human voice Nal. i, 25; गिरां प्रभविष्णुः [VarBr2S.] or पति [VarYogay.] Equivalent to गिर्-ईश quod vide; तद्-गिरा, on his advice Katha1s. lxxv), ChUp. Mn. Ya1jn5. MBh. etc.
    4. feminine Equivalent to गीर्-देवी, fame, celebrity W.
    5. feminine a kind of mystical syllable Ra1matUp.; ([confer, compare Hibernian or Irish gair, "an outcry, shout"; Greek γῆρυς .]) - 1.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (√2. गॄ) in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "swallowing" see गर- and मुहुर्-ग्/इर् .
    7. masculine gender Equivalent to गिर्/इ, a mountain fg-veda v, 41, 14 and vii, 39, 5 S3is3. iv, 59.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गिर्gir[gír] f. call; voice; speech; word; praise; hymn: in. on the advice, in the name of (g., --˚).
    1. [gír] feminine; also equal for call; voice; speech; word; praise; hymn: instrumental on the advice, in the name of (genitive, --˚).
    2. [gir] adjective swallowing (--˚).
    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · गिर्

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