गिरि

See also: गरि, गिरी, गोरा, गोर, गोरी, गुरू, गुरु, and गौर

Awadhi

Borrowed from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

गिरि (giri)

mountain, hill
- तुलसीदास (Tulsīdās), संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक (Sankatmochan Hanumanashtak) :
  बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरि
  bāli kī trās kapīs basai giri

गिरि m

Declension table of "गिरि" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गिरि (giri)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)
Accusative (second)	गिरिं (giriṃ)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)
Instrumental (third)	गिरिना (girinā)	गिरीहि (girīhi) or गिरीभि (girībhi)
Dative (fourth)	गिरिस्स (girissa) or गिरिनो (girino)	गिरीनं (girīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गिरिस्मा (girismā) or गिरिम्हा (girimhā)	गिरीहि (girīhi) or गिरीभि (girībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गिरिस्स (girissa) or गिरिनो (girino)	गिरीनं (girīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गिरिस्मिं (girismiṃ) or गिरिम्हि (girimhi)	गिरीसु (girīsu)
Vocative (calling)	गिरि (giri)	गिरयो (girayo) or गिरी (girī)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥H-í-s (“elevation”), from *gʷerH- (“to elevate”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌‎ (gaⁱri, “mountain”), Pashto غر‎ (ǧar), Old Church Slavonic гора (gora, “mountain”), Ancient Greek Βορέας (Boréas), Albanian gur.

गिरि • (girí) stem, m

mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.8:
  अज्रा इन्द्रस्य गिरयश्चिदृष्वा गम्भीरे चिद्भवति गाधमस्मै ॥
  ajrā indrasya girayaścidṛṣvā gambhīre cidbhavati gādhamasmai .
  High mountains are like level plains to Indra: even in the deep he finds firm ground to rest on.

Masculine i-stem declension of गिरि (girí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गिरिः giríḥ	गिरी girī́	गिरयः giráyaḥ
Vocative	गिरे gíre	गिरी gírī	गिरयः gírayaḥ
Accusative	गिरिम् girím	गिरी girī́	गिरीन् girī́n
Instrumental	गिरिणा / गिर्या¹ giríṇā / giryā̀¹	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभिः giríbhiḥ
Dative	गिरये / गिर्ये² giráye / giryè²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Ablative	गिरेः / गिर्यः² giréḥ / giryàḥ²	गिरिभ्याम् giríbhyām	गिरिभ्यः giríbhyaḥ
Genitive	गिरेः / गिर्यः² giréḥ / giryàḥ²	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरीणाम् girīṇā́m
Locative	गिरौ giraú	गिर्योः giryóḥ	गिरिषु giríṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Dardic:
- Khowar: گری‎ (grī)
- Shina: گر‎ (giri)
  - → Domaaki: گیر (gīri)
Pali: giri
Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (giri)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ގާ‎ (gā)
    - Sinhalese: ගිරි (giri), ගිර (gira), ගල (gala)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (giri)
→ Awadhi: गिरि (giri)
→Tatsama:
- Kannada: ಗಿರಿ (giri)
- Malay: giri
- Telugu: గిరి (giri)
- Thai: คิริ (kí-rí)

Monier Williams (1899), “गिरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 355.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “giri”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 223

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