अहर्

See also: अंह्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অহৰ্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬳᬃ (Balinese script)
অহর্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰮𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀳𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အဟရ် (Burmese script)
અહર્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਹਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌹𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦲꦂ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂯𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಹರ್ (Kannada script)
អហរ៑ (Khmer script)
ອຫຣ຺ (Lao script)
അഹര് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡥᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘮𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠾᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧎𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐴𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅହର୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢲꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆲𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖮𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
අහර් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑪂𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
அஹர் (Tamil script)
అహర్ (Telugu script)
อหรฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཧ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒯𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨱𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háźʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ʰr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵʰ-r̥ ~ *h₂ǵʰ-én-s (“day”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬭 (aiiar, “day”) and possibly Old English dæġ (whence English day).[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɦɐɾ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐɾ/

Noun

अहर् • (áhar) stem, n

day
sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance
day personified as one of the eight Vasus

Derived terms

अहरहर् (aharahar)
दशहरा (daśaharā)
सप्ताह (saptāha)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “áhan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “अहर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0124.

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