Jhari, Jharī: 8 definitions

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Jhari means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

jharī (झरी).—f (S) A fountain-head or watering place: also a springing stream or a spring.

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jharī (झरी).—f (jharaṇēṃ) Wasting away (as of the body, of riches, life &c.) v lāga.

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jharī (झरी).—f A long-necked water-cooler. See jhārī.

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jhārī (झारी).—f ( H) A long-necked vessel (esp. of peuter) to keep water cool. Used also of a watering pot with a strainer, and sometimes of a teapot. 2 A spout.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

jharī (झरी).—f A fountain-head or watering place.

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jharī (झरी).—f Wasting away.

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jhārī (झारी).—f A long-necked vessel (esp. of peuter) to keep water cool. A spout.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Jharī (झरी).—[jhṛ-ac] A cascade, spring, fountain, stream; प्रत्यग्रक्षतजझरीनिवृत्तपाद्यः (pratyagrakṣatajajharīnivṛttapādyaḥ) Mv.6.14; Bv.4.37.

See also (synonyms): jhara.

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

Jharī (झरी).— (probably a form of a derivative from kṣar), f. A waterfall, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 73, 1.

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

Jharī (झरी).—[feminine] the same, river.

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

1) Jharī (झरी):—[from jhara] f. a river, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] cf. nir-.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Jhārī (झारी):—(nf) a ewer with a slender neck and a spout fitted into it.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Jhari (ಝರಿ):—[noun] any of a class (Chilopoda) of elongated, many-segmented, insect-eating arthropods with a pair of legs to each segment; a centipede.

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Jhari (ಝರಿ):—[noun] a stream of water flowing in the mountain terrain.

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Jhari (ಝರಿ):—[noun] a thin string, lace of gold or silver, used in ornamenting cloths, garments, etc.; lame.

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Jhāri (ಝಾರಿ):—[noun] a porous, metal ladle, used for frying food items in oil.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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