# गिरि
## Old Awadhi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

### Noun

गिरि (giri) (𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂱, Perso-Arabic گِر)
* mountain, hill
** c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :बालि की त्रास कपीस बसै गिरिbāli kī trāsa kapīsa basai giri/bāli kī trās kapīs basai giri/

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* giri (Latin script)
* 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* গিরি (Bengali script)
* ගිරි (Sinhalese script)
* ဂိရိ or ၷိရိ (Burmese script)
* คิริ (Thai script)
* ᨣᩥᩁᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄິຣິ (Lao script)
* គិរិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄨𑄢𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

गिरि m
* Devanagari script form of giri (“mountain”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গিৰি (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬶᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
* গিরি (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰰𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဂိရိ (Burmese script)
* ગિરિ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਿਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦶꦫꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಗಿರಿ (Kannada script)
* គិរិ (Khmer script)
* ຄິຣິ (Lao script)
* ഗിരി (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡳᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘱𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠢᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧒𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐶𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଗିରି (Odia script)
* ꢔꢶꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆴𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖰𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ගිරි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩑𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚮𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
* கி³ரி (Tamil script)
* గిరి (Telugu script)
* คิริ (Thai script)
* གི་རི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒱𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨁𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡi.ɾí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡi.ɾi/

#### Noun

गिरि • (girí) stem, m
* mountain, hill, elevation, rising ground
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.8.2:अज्रा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य गि॒रय॑श् चिद् ऋ॒ष्वा ग॑म्भी॒रे चि॑द् भवति गा॒धम् अ॑स्मै ॥ájrā índrasya giráyaś cid ṛṣvā́ gambhīré cid bhavati gādhám asmai.High mountains are like level plains to Indra: even in the deep he finds firm ground to rest on.
* a huge rock
* an honorific title given to sannyasins

##### Derived terms

* गिरीश (girīśa)

##### Descendants

* 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)
* → Old Awadhi: (learned)
    Arabic script: گِر (gr)
    Devanagari script: गिरि (giri)
    Kaithi script: 𑂏𑂱𑂩𑂱 (giri)
* → Old Javanese: giri
* → Kannada: ಗಿರಿ (giri) (learned)
* → Malay: giri (learned)
* → Telugu: గిరి (giri) (learned)
* → Thai: คิริ (kí-rí) (learned)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गिरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 355, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गिरि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “girí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 487
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “giri”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 223

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂-í-s (“husband's sister”). Cognate with Armenian տալ (tal), Ancient Greek γάλως (gálōs), Latin glōs, Proto-Slavic *zъly. However, the attestation of this meaning (instead of "mountain") is contested by Griffiths & Lubotsky (2009).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡi.ɾi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡi.ɾi/

#### Noun

गिरि • (giri) stem, f
* sister-in-law (husband's sister)

##### Declension
#### References

* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “giri-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 487-8
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “giri- [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 213-4
* Griffiths, A. & Lubotsky, A. (2009). "Two Words for 'sister-in-law'?: Notes on Vedic yātar- and giri-." in Zarathushtra entre l'Inde et l'Iran, pages 115-121

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

गिरि • (girí) f
* locative singular of गिर् (gír, “praise”)