As a Hindi name
करना
to do (to perform or execute, to commit); to work, do work; to make, create; to cause to become, to render
Śabdasāgara also records: स्रुति । प्रशसा । २ स्तोत्र
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set करना (karnā) कराना (karānā) करवाना (karvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti) Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti) Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei) Hindi करना In…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
is, (√ 2. kṛ) a praiser, poet
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīri" is the vocative of "kīrin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
kīri is, m. (√ 2. kṛ) a praiser, poet, RV.
(accord. to some the base is always kīri, and the meaning is ‘humble, poor, miserable, wretched, a miser’ [cf. karuṇa], except RV. v, 52, 12, where kīrin = ‘shouting, singing’).
kīrin mfn. praising, RV. v, 4, 10 and 40, 8
kīrin (ī), m. a praiser, RV. i, 100, 9; v, 52, 12.
Alternative readings
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