As a Hindi name
झरी · jharī · s.f.
A waterfall, cascade — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 403
झरना
to cascade, fall
Śabdasāgara also records: पानी का झरना । स्रोत । चश्मा · वह धन जो किसी हाट, बाजार या सट्टी आदि में जाकर सौदा बेचनेवाले छोटे छोटे दुकानदारों विशेषतः खोनचेवालों और कुँजड़ों आदि से प्रतिदिन किराए के रूप में वहाँ के जमींदार या ठीकेदार आदि को मिलता है
Cited formation "झरी" is झर + -ई: झर means "= jhaṛ, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "झरी" is झरना + -ई: झरना means "waterfall; cascade", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "झरी" is झर + -ई: झर means "= jhaṛ, q.v", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word of Sauraseni Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀛𑀭𑀤𑀺 (jharadi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰárati.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a river
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Dictionary citations
jharī f. a river, W.
cf. nir-.
jharaḥ, jharā, jharī [jhṛ-ac] A cascade, spring, fountain, stream; pratyagrakṣatajajharīnivṛttapādyaḥ Mv. 6. 14; Bv. 4. 37.
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