The Sanskrit term Āhṛ can be transliterated into English as Ahr or Ahri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ahri (अह्रि).—a. [hṛ-kri]

1) Luxurious, fat.

2) Wise, learned. (kavi).

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Ahrī (अह्री).—a. Shameless. f. shamelessness, infamy; प्रसीदन्तु भवन्तो मेऽह्रीरेषा तु मया तुला (prasīdantu bhavanto me'hrīreṣā tu mayā tulā) Rām.3.1.8.

-ka a. Shameless (beggar).

-kaḥ A Buddhist mendicant.

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Āhṛ (आहृ).—1 P.

1) To bring, fetch; यदेव वव्रे तदपश्यदाहृतम् (yadeva vavre tadapaśyadāhṛtam) R.3.6; पुष्पं फलं चार्तवमाहरन्त्यः (puṣpaṃ phalaṃ cārtavamāharantyaḥ) 14.77,18.8; प्रतिवाक्यम् (prativākyam) to bring an answer; वार्ताम् (vārtām) bring news.

2) To bring near, give; चन्द्रगुप्ताय मेदिनीम् (candraguptāya medinīm) Kām.1.5; अयाचिताहृत (ayācitāhṛta) Y.1.215.

3) To recover, bring back.

4) To obtain, get, receive; ब्रह्मचार्याहरेद्भैक्षम् (brahmacāryāharedbhaikṣam) Manusmṛti 2.183,6.27,7.8,8.151. (v. l.) 11.12; Y.1.97.

5) To have, assume; आजह्रतुस्तच्चरणौ (ājahratustaccaraṇau) ... श्रियम् (śriyam) Kumārasambhava 3.33.

6) To cause, produce, lead to; बलोपचयम् (balopacayam) K.15; प्रीतिम्, क्रोधम् (prītim, krodham) &c; जनकानां कुले कीर्तिमाहरिष्यति मे सुता (janakānāṃ kule kīrtimāhariṣyati me sutā) Rām.

7) To bring near (as wife), marry; अत आहर्तु- मिच्छामि पार्वतीमात्मजन्मने (ata āhartu- micchāmi pārvatīmātmajanmane) Kumārasambhava 6.28.

8) To wear, put on (as armour &c.); स वल्कवासांसि तवाधुनाहरन् (sa valkavāsāṃsi tavādhunāharan) Kirātārjunīya 1.35.

9) To offer in a sacrifice; to perform (as a sacrifice); स विश्वजितमाजह्रे (sa viśvajitamājahre) R.4.86,14.87.

1) To take away, attract (as mind).

11) To separate, remove, draw off from.

12) To scare or frighten away, drive forth.

13) To use as food or drink, eat.

14) To speak, say, name, call. -Caus.

1) To make one fetch or bring, cause to give or pay; शास्त्रेण वैश्यान् रक्षित्वा धर्म्यमाहारयेद् बलिम् (śāstreṇa vaiśyān rakṣitvā dharmyamāhārayed balim) Manusmṛti 1.119.

3) To eat.

3) To bring together, collect; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.151.

4) To cause, produce.

5) To exact.

6) To show, exhibit.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ahri (अह्रि).—[adjective] luxurious, proud.

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Āhṛ (आहृ).—bring near, attract, fetch, get, procure, offer, present, give; receive, accept; take to wife, marry; eat, enjoy; take away, sever, remove, destroy, turn off, withdraw from ([ablative]); utter show, betray; name, call. [Causative] cause to bring near etc., cause to pay (taxes etc., 2 [accusative]); procure, acquire; eat, enjoy; utter, manifest. [Desiderative] be willing to procure or acquire.

Āhṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and hṛ (हृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ahri (अह्रि):—[=a-hri] [from a-hraya] mfn. idem, [Ṛg-veda]

2) Ahrī (अह्री):—[=a-hrī] [from a-hraya] mfn. shameless (as a beggar), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xi]

3) [v.s. ...] f. (īs) shamelessness, [Mahābhārata iii, 8494.]

4) Āhṛ (आहृ):—[=ā-√hṛ] [Parasmaipada] -harati ([Aorist] 1. sg. -ahārṣam, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]; [perfect tense] -jahāra, Inf. -hartavai, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii, 8, 3, 10]);

— seldom [Ātmanepada] ([perfect tense] -jahre, [Harivaṃśa]) to fetch, bring, bring near;

—to offer, reach forth, deliver, give, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Śakuntalā] etc.;

—to fetch for one’s self, take away, take, receive, get, [Atharva-veda; Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to conceive (as a woman), [Manu-smṛti];

—to bring home (a bride), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara; Kumāra-sambhava];

—to put on;

—to take for one’s self, use, enjoy, [Mahābhārata; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to manifest, utter, speak, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.:

—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -hārayati, -te, to cause to fetch;

—to procure, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa];

—to cause to bring, collect (taxes), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata];

—to take for one’s self, enjoy, eat, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to manifest, utter, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] :

—[Desiderative] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -jihīrṣati, -te, to wish or intend to procure, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to seek to get, [Mahābhārata]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āhṛ (आहृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āhara.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ahri in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Āhrī (आह्री):—n. → आरी [ārī]

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Hri, A.

Starts with (+1): Ahridaya, Ahridayajna, Ahridya, Ahridyakrit, Ahrika, Ahrikata, Ahrikya, Ahriman, Ahrinana, Ahriniyamana, Ahriniyamanam, Ahrisa, Ahrise, Ahrish, Ahrishta, Ahrisvara, Ahrita, Ahritatirthakasnanaprayoga, Ahritayajnakratu, Ahriti.

Ends with (+33): Abhisamahri, Abhivyahri, Abhyahri, Abhyavahri, Abhyudahri, Abhyupahri, Abhyupavahri, Anuprahri, Anusamahri, Anuvyahri, Anvahri, Anvavahri, Apahri, Aparahri, Apavyahri, Apyahri, Avahri, Dahri, Gahri, Gharakalahri.

Full-text (+54): Ahara, Aharana, Ahartri, Ajihirshu, Samahriti, Samaharana, Anvahri, Paccudaharati, Abhisamahri, Upasamahri, Ahararthin, Aharavritti, Aharanikri, Aharanirgamasthana, Anusamahri, Aharabhumi, Anuvyaharana, Aharaviraha, Aharayojana, Pratiparyahri.

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