ईर्म
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঈৰ্ম (Assamese script)
- ᬈᬃᬫ (Balinese script)
- ঈর্ম (Bengali script)
- 𑰃𑰨𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈𑀭𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ဤရ်္မ (Burmese script)
- ઈર્મ (Gujarati script)
- ਈਰ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌈𑌰𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦇꦂꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂆𑂩𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಈರ್ಮ (Kannada script)
- ឦម៌ (Khmer script)
- ອີຣ຺ມ (Lao script)
- ഈര്മ (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡳᡵᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘃𑘨𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠢᠷᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦣𑧈𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃𑐬𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
- ଈର୍ମ (Odia script)
- ꢅꢬ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆𑆫𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃𑖨𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
- ඊර්ම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚃𑚤𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
- ஈர்ம (Tamil script)
- ఈర్మ (Telugu script)
- อีรฺม (Thai script)
- ཨཱི་རྨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄𑒩𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hr̥Hmás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥H-mó-s. Cognate with Latin armus (“shoulder (of an animal)”), Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), Proto-Slavic *òrmo (“shoulder”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /iːɾ.mɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /iːɾ.mɐ/
Noun
ईर्म • (īrmá) stem, m
- arm
- the forequarter of an animal
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ईर्मः (īrmáḥ) | ईर्मौ (īrmáu) ईर्मा¹ (īrmā́¹) |
ईर्माः (īrmā́ḥ) ईर्मासः¹ (īrmā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | ईर्मम् (īrmám) | ईर्मौ (īrmáu) ईर्मा¹ (īrmā́¹) |
ईर्मान् (īrmā́n) |
| instrumental | ईर्मेण (īrméṇa) | ईर्माभ्याम् (īrmā́bhyām) | ईर्मैः (īrmáiḥ) ईर्मेभिः¹ (īrmébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ईर्माय (īrmā́ya) | ईर्माभ्याम् (īrmā́bhyām) | ईर्मेभ्यः (īrmébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ईर्मात् (īrmā́t) | ईर्माभ्याम् (īrmā́bhyām) | ईर्मेभ्यः (īrmébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ईर्मस्य (īrmásya) | ईर्मयोः (īrmáyoḥ) | ईर्माणाम् (īrmā́ṇām) |
| locative | ईर्मे (īrmé) | ईर्मयोः (īrmáyoḥ) | ईर्मेषु (īrméṣu) |
| vocative | ईर्म (ī́rma) | ईर्मौ (ī́rmau) ईर्मा¹ (ī́rmā¹) |
ईर्माः (ī́rmāḥ) ईर्मासः¹ (ī́rmāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ईर्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 170, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 205-6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 237-8
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “īrma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.