हरिद्रा

See also: हराद्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰিদ্ৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬭᬶᬤ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• হরিদ্রা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရိဒြာ (Burmese script)
• હરિદ્રા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰਿਦ੍ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦫꦶꦢꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂱𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರಿದ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
• ហរិទ្រា (Khmer script)
• ຫຣິທ຺ຣາ (Lao script)
• ഹരിദ്രാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᡳᡩᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠢᢑᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହରିଦ୍ରା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬꢶꢣ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හරිද්‍රා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼𑩑𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚮𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹரித்³ரா (Tamil script)
• హరిద్రా (Telugu script)
• หริทฺรา (Thai script)
• ཧ་རི་དྲཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑨁𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हरि (hari, “yellow, fawn coloured”); from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. See हलदी (haladī) for information on possible descendants and/or cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.ɾid.ɾɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦɐˈɾid̪.ɾɑː/

Noun

हरिद्रा • (haridrā) stem, f

1. Curcuma longa, turmeric or its root ground to powder (46 synonyms of this plant are given) Kauṡ. MBh. Suṡr. &c.

Borrowed terms

• Telugu: హరిద్ర (haridra)
• Dumi: hardim (from Bhojpuri or Maithili)

Descendants

• ⇒ Sanskrit: हलदी (haladī) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “हरिद्रा” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 658, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Haridrā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1291/3.