गिर्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गिर्  mfn.  1. mfn. (√ 1. गॄ) addressing, invoking, praising, [RV.]
गिर्  f.  f. ( ई॑र्) invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song, [RV.] (the मरुत्s are called ‘sons of praise’, सून॑वो गि॑रः, i, 37, 10), [AV.]
मानुषीं गिरं   speech, speaking, language, voice, words ( e.g. √ 1. कृ, to assume a human voice, [Nal. i, 25]; गिरां प्रभविष्णुः [ [VarBṛS.]] or पति [ [VarYogay.]] = गिर्-ईश q.v.; तद्-गिरा, on his advice, [Kathās. lxxv]), [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.
गीर्-देवी   = , fame, celebrity, [W.]

ROOTS:

गीर् देवी

a kind of mystical syllable, [RāmatUp.];
गिर्   [ cf. Hib. gair, ‘an outcry, shout’; Gk. γῆρυς.]
गिर्  mfn.  2. mfn. (√ 2. गॄ) ifc. ‘swallowing’ See गर- and मुहुर्-गि॑र्.
गिर्  m.  3. m. = गिरि॑, a mountain, [RV. v, 41, 14 and vii, 39, 5]; [Śiś. iv, 59.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गिर् [gir] a.  a. [गॄ-क्विप् वा टाप्] Ved. Addressing, invoking. -f. (nom. sing. गीः; instr. dual गीर्भ्याम् &c.)
Speech, words, language; वचस्यवसिते तस्मिन् ससर्ज गिरमात्मभूः [Ku.2.53;3.72;] भवतीनां सूनृतयैव गिरा कृतमातिथ्यम् [Ś.1;] प्रवृत्तिसाराः खलु मादृशां गिरः [Ki.1.25;] [Śi.2.15;] [Y.1.71.]
Invocation, praise, song.
 N. N. of Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech and learning.
Intellect; cf. गिर्धीः [Enm.]
Knowledge from hearing (श्रवणजज्ञान); प्रपूर्वगौ पूर्वजौ चित्रभानू गिरा वाऽऽशंसामि तपसा ह्यनन्तौ [Mb.1.] 3.57 com. -Comp.
-देवी (गीर्देवी)   Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech.
-पतिः   (written as गीःपतिः, गीष्पतिः and गीर्पतिः)
 N. N. of Bṛihaspati, the preceptor of the gods.
a learned man; so गिरीशः,
-रथः (गीरथः)  N. N. of Bṛihaspati.
-वा (बा) णः (गीर्वाण)   a god, deity; परिमलो गीर्वाणचेतोहरः [Bv.1.63,84.] ˚कुसुमम् cloves.

Shabda-Sagara

गिर्  f.  ( -गोः)
1. Speech, speaking.
2. A name of SARASWATI the goddess of speech.
3. Fame, celebrity.
E. गॄ to sound, affix क्विप्, ऋ is changed to इर्.

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गॄ क्विप् ऋ इर्