ऋषि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾɪ.ʃiː/

Noun

ऋषि • (ŕṣi) m

a rishi, sage

Declension

Declension of ऋषि
	Singular	Plural
Direct	ऋषि (ŕṣi)	ऋषि (ŕṣi)
Oblique	ऋषि (ŕṣi)	ऋषियों (ŕṣiyõ)
Vocative	ऋषि (ŕṣi)	ऋषियो (ŕṣiyo)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬋᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
ঋষি (Assamese script)
ঋষি (Bengali script)
𑰆𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀋𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
𑌋𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
ઋષિ (Gujarati script)
ꦉꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
ಋಷಿ (Kannada script)
ၒၑိ (Burmese script)
ଋଷି (Oriya script)
ꢈꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆉𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖆𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
ఋషి (Telugu script)
རྀཥི (Tibetan script)
𑒇𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ŕ̥ṣiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš. Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬱‎ (ərəšiš, “seer”). Probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩.ʂi/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈr̩.ʂi/

Noun

ऋषि • (ṛ́ṣi) m

A rishi: a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet or sage, any person who alone or with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech or song of a sacred character
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.31.1:
  त्वमग्ने प्रथमो अङ्गिरा ऋषिर्देवो देवानामभवः शिवः सखा ।
  tvamagne prathamo aṅgirā ṛṣirdevo devānāmabhavaḥ śivaḥ sakhā .
  Thou, Agni, wast the earliest Aṅgiras, a Seer; thou wast, a God thyself, the Gods’ auspicious Friend.
(post-Vedic) Rishi: as patriarchal sages or saints that occupy the same position in India history as the heroes and patriarchs of other countries, and constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from gods, men, Asuras etc.
(astronomy) The seven rishis form the constellation Ursa Major
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.82.2:
  विश्वकर्मा विमना आद्विहाया धाता विधाता परमोत संदृक् ।
  तेषामिष्टानि समिषा मदन्ति यत्रा सप्तऋषीन्पर एकमाहुः ॥
  viśvakarmā vimanā ādvihāyā dhātā vidhātā paramota saṃdṛk .
  teṣāmiṣṭāni samiṣā madanti yatrā saptaṛṣīnpara ekamāhuḥ .
  Mighty in mind and power is Visvakarman, Maker, Disposer, and most lofty Presence.
  Their offerings joy in rich juice where they value One, only One, beyond the Seven Ṛṣis.
A saint or sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite
The seventh of the eight degrees of Brahmins
A hymn or mantra composed by a rishi
A veda
A symbolical expression for the number seven

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऋषिः ṛ́ṣiḥ	ऋषी ṛ́ṣī	ऋषयः ṛ́ṣayaḥ
Vocative	ऋषे ṛ́ṣe	ऋषी ṛ́ṣī	ऋषयः ṛ́ṣayaḥ
Accusative	ऋषिम् ṛ́ṣim	ऋषी ṛ́ṣī	ऋषीन् ṛ́ṣīn
Instrumental	ऋषिणा / ऋष्या¹ ṛ́ṣiṇā / ṛ́ṣyā¹	ऋषिभ्याम् ṛ́ṣibhyām	ऋषिभिः ṛ́ṣibhiḥ
Dative	ऋषये / ऋष्ये² ṛ́ṣaye / ṛ́ṣye²	ऋषिभ्याम् ṛ́ṣibhyām	ऋषिभ्यः ṛ́ṣibhyaḥ
Ablative	ऋषेः / ऋष्यः² ṛ́ṣeḥ / ṛ́ṣyaḥ²	ऋषिभ्याम् ṛ́ṣibhyām	ऋषिभ्यः ṛ́ṣibhyaḥ
Genitive	ऋषेः / ऋष्यः² ṛ́ṣeḥ / ṛ́ṣyaḥ²	ऋष्योः ṛ́ṣyoḥ	ऋषीणाम् ṛ́ṣīṇām
Locative	ऋषौ ṛ́ṣau	ऋष्योः ṛ́ṣyoḥ	ऋषिषु ṛ́ṣiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀇𑀲𑀺 (isi)
Pali: isi
- → Burmese: ဣသိ (i.si.)
- → Khmer: ឥសី (’ĕsei)
- → Sinhalese: ඉසි (isi)
- → Thai: อิสิ (isi)
→ Bengali: ঋষি (riṣi)
→ Burmese: ရသေ့ (ra.se.)
→ English: rishi
→ Hindi: ऋषि (ŕṣi)
→ Japanese: リシ (rishi)
→ Kannada: ಋಷಿ (ruṣi)
→ Lao: ລືສີ (lư̄ sī)
→ Marathi: ऋषि (ŕṣi)
→ Nepali: ऋषि (ŕṣi)
→ Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ੀ (rishī)
→ Tamil: ரிஷி (riṣi)
→ Telugu: ఋషి (r̥ṣi)
→ Thai: ฤษี (rʉ́-sǐi), ฤๅษี (rʉʉ-sǐi)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.