As a Hindi name
झिरी · noun · feminine
छोटा छेद जिससे कोई द्रव पदार्थ धीरे धीर बह जाय । दरज । शिगाफ · वह गड्ढा जिसमें पानी झिर झिरकर इकट्ठा हो · कुएँ के बगल में से निकला हुआ छोटा सोता — Śabdasāgara
झिरी · noun
झींगुर । झिल्ली — Śabdasāgara
झिरी · jhirī · s.f.
Opening, fissure, cleft, crevice, slit, crack, chink — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 403
झिरी · jhirī · s.f.
= jhillī, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 403
Cited formation "झिरी" is झिर + -ई: झिर means "बूंद । फुहार । झिर्री", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "झिरी" is झिरना + -ई: झिरना means "अ॰ [सं॰ /?/क्षर, प्रा॰, झिर, हिं॰ /?/झरना] बहकना । गिरना । प्रवाहित होना । 'झरना'", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "झिरी" is झिर + -ई: झिर means "बूंद । फुहार । झिर्री", 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: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
jhi˚rī, a cricket
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Dictionary citations
jhirikā, jhi˚rī, f. a cricket, L.
jhirikā, jhirī, or jhirīkā A cricket.
jhirī f. (-rī) A cricket. E. jhi imitative of the cricket's chirp, rā to make, affixes ḍa and ṅīṣ; also jhillī; also jhirikā, kan being added; also i pen. being made long jhirīkā, or changed to u, jhirukā; the first vowel also being lengthened jhīrikā, and jhīrukā, &c.
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