giri

See also: Giri, girí, gíri, gïrï, ĝiri, and ġiri

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiri/

Noun

giri

1. Pomelo

Balinese

Romanization

giri

1. Romanization of ᬕᬶᬭᬶ

Catalan

Verb

giri

1. inflection of girar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦶꦫꦶ (giri, “mountain”), from Old Javanese giri (“mountain”), from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ri/
• Hyphenation: gi‧ri

Noun

giri (first-person possessive giriku, second-person possessive girimu, third-person possessive girinya)

1. mountain

Related terms

• girilaya

 

Further reading

• “giri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

giri m

1. plural of giro

Verb

giri

1. inflection of girare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Rigi

Japanese

Romanization

giri

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎり

Javanese

Romanization

giri

1. Romanization of ꦒꦶꦫꦶ

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *girī, from Proto-Germanic *girį̄. Akin to the adverb gerno.

Noun

giri f

1. greed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle High German: gir
  • German: Gier

Adjective

giri

1. greedy

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ger

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

giri

1. mountain

   Synonyms: acala, adri, arga, giri, gotra, gunuṅ, meru, naga, pārśwa, parwata, śaila, śikha, wukir

Derived terms

• giribhūmi
• giridahana
• giriguhā

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦒꦶꦫꦶ (giri, “mountain”)
• → Balinese: ᬕᬶᬭᬶ (giri, “mountain”)

Further reading

• "giri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• गिरि (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri).

Noun

giri m

1. mountain

Usage notes

The word is very rarely used other than as the first element of a compound.

Declension

Declension table of "giri" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	giri	girayo or girī
Accusative (second)	giriṃ	girayo or girī
Instrumental (third)	girinā	girīhi or girībhi
Dative (fourth)	girissa or girino	girīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	girismā or girimhā	girīhi or girībhi
Genitive (sixth)	girissa or girino	girīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	girismiṃ or girimhi	girīsu
Vocative (calling)	giri	girayo or girī

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “giri”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 148.

Yogad

Noun

girí

1. scrap of cloth (leftover from cutting)