करीर
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- करिर (karira)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কৰীৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬭᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
- করীর (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰨𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀭𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ကရီရ (Burmese script)
- કરીર (Gujarati script)
- ਕਰੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌰𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦫꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂩𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಕರೀರ (Kannada script)
- ករីរ (Khmer script)
- ກຣີຣ (Lao script)
- കരീര (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡵᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘨𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠷᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧈𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐬𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
- କରୀର (Odia script)
- ꢒꢬꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆫𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖨𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කරීර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚤𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
- கரீர (Tamil script)
- కరీర (Telugu script)
- กรีร (Thai script)
- ཀ་རཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒩𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾíː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐ.ɾiː.ɾɐ/
Noun
क॒रीर॑ • (karī́ra) stem, m
- shoot, sprout (especially of bamboo)
- c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 46.292:
- वेणोः करीराः कफला मधुरा रसपाकतः ।
विदाहिनो वातकराः सकषाया विरूक्षणाः ॥- veṇoḥ karīrāḥ kaphalā madhurā rasapākataḥ.
vidāhino vātakarāḥ sakaṣāyā virūkṣaṇāḥ. - Bamboo shoots are phlegmatic, sweet both in taste and digestion, causing heartburn and flatulence, astringent and dryness-causing.
- veṇoḥ karīrāḥ kaphalā madhurā rasapākataḥ.
- वेणोः करीराः कफला मधुरा रसपाकतः ।
- Karira (a thorny plant growing in deserts and eaten by camels)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | क॒रीरः॑ (karī́raḥ) | क॒रीरौ॑ (karī́rau) क॒रीरा॑¹ (karī́rā¹) |
क॒रीराः॑ (karī́rāḥ) क॒रीरा॑सः¹ (karī́rāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | क॒रीर॑म् (karī́ram) | क॒रीरौ॑ (karī́rau) क॒रीरा॑¹ (karī́rā¹) |
क॒रीरा॑न् (karī́rān) |
| instrumental | क॒रीरे॑ण (karī́reṇa) | क॒रीरा॑भ्याम् (karī́rābhyām) | क॒रीरैः॑ (karī́raiḥ) क॒रीरे॑भिः¹ (karī́rebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | क॒रीरा॑य (karī́rāya) | क॒रीरा॑भ्याम् (karī́rābhyām) | क॒रीरे॑भ्यः (karī́rebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | क॒रीरा॑त् (karī́rāt) | क॒रीरा॑भ्याम् (karī́rābhyām) | क॒रीरे॑भ्यः (karī́rebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | क॒रीर॑स्य (karī́rasya) | क॒रीर॑योः (karī́rayoḥ) | क॒रीरा॑णाम् (karī́rāṇām) |
| locative | क॒रीरे॑ (karī́re) | क॒रीर॑योः (karī́rayoḥ) | क॒रीरे॑षु (karī́reṣu) |
| vocative | करी॑र (kárīra) | करी॑रौ (kárīrau) करी॑रा¹ (kárīrā¹) |
करी॑राः (kárīrāḥ) करी॑रासः¹ (kárīrāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “करीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 255, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “karīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “करीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 537
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “karīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141