प्रहरी

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रहरिन् (praharin). By surface analysis, प्रहर (prahar) +‎ -ई (-ī).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾəɦ.ɾiː/, [pɾɛʱ.ɾiː]

प्रहरी • (prahrī) m (female equivalent प्रहरिणी)

1. guard, watchman, sentry, sentinel

   Synonyms: पहरी (pahrī), चौकीदार (caukīdār)

2. caretaker, guardian

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “प्रहरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3213
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “प्रहरी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 466
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्रहरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 667
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “प्रहरी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 413.

• IPA^(key): [prʌ̤ːri]
• Phonetic Devanagari: प्रःरि
• IPA^(key): [prʌʔʌɾi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: प्रʔअरि

प्रहरी • (praharī)

1. police, policeman