धीरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀥𑀻𑀭 (dhīra), from Sanskrit धीर (dhī́ra, “steady”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱiː.ɾɑː/, [d̪ʱiː.ɾäː]

Adjective

धीरा • (dhīrā) (Urdu spelling دھیرا)

1. slow, sluggish

   Synonyms: धीमा (dhīmā), मंद (mand), (poetic) मद्धम (maddham)

Declension

Declension of धीरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	धीरा dhīrā	धीरे dhīre	धीरी dhīrī	धीरी dhīrī
oblique	धीरे dhīre	धीरे dhīre	धीरी dhīrī	धीरी dhīrī
vocative	धीरे dhīre	धीरे dhīre	धीरी dhīrī	धीरी dhīrī

Derived terms

• धीरे (dhīre, “slowly”)

Noun

धीरा • (dhīrā) m (Urdu spelling دھیرا)

1. Synonym of धैर्य (dhairya, “patience”)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• dhīrā (Latin script)
• 𑀥𑀻𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ধীরা (Bengali script)
• ධීරා (Sinhalese script)
• ဓီရာ or ဓဳရာ or ꩪီရႃ (Burmese script)
• ธีรา (Thai script)
• ᨵᩦᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຘີຣາ (Lao script)
• ធីរា (Khmer script)
• 𑄙𑄩𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

धीरा

1. Devanagari script form of dhīrā, ablative singular masculine/neuter and nominative/vocative plural masculine of धीर (dhīra, “firm; wise”)
2. Devanagari script form of dhīrā, nominative singular/plural feminine and vocative/accusative plural feminine of धीर (dhīra, “firm; wise”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ধীৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬷᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• ধীরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰱𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀻𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဓီရာ (Burmese script)
• ધીરા (Gujarati script)
• ਧੀਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍀𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦷꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂲𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಧೀರಾ (Kannada script)
• ធីរា (Khmer script)
• ຘີຣາ (Lao script)
• ധീരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡳᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘲𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧓𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐷𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଧୀରା (Odia script)
• ꢤꢷꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆵𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖱𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ධීරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩑𑩛𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚯𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• தீ⁴ரா (Tamil script)
• ధీరా (Telugu script)
• ธีรา (Thai script)
• དྷཱི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒲𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨁𑨊𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Adjective

धीरा • (dhīrā)

1. nominative singular feminine and sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine and sandhi form of accusative plural feminine of धीर (dhīra, “firm”)
2. (Vedic) instrumental singular feminine and nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter of धीर (dhīra, “firm”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

धीरा • (dhīrā)

1. nominative singular feminine and sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural masculine/feminine and sandhi form of accusative plural feminine of धीर (dhīra, “intelligent”)
2. (Vedic) instrumental singular feminine and nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter of धीर (dhīra, “intelligent”)

Etymology 3

Noun

धीरा • (dhīrā)

1. sandhi form of nominative/vocative plural of धीर (dhīra, “ocean”)

Etymology 4

Noun

धीरा • (dhīrā)

1. (Vedic) nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter of धीर (dhīra, “saffron”)