Word history
Wiktionary records గిరి (giri) as a Telugu surname. The etymology identifies a borrowing from Sanskrit giri and compares Kannada giri. Monier-Williams supplies the mountain or hill sense of the Sanskrit word. గిరి is the Telugu spelling. The landscape noun explains the word without naming a particular mountain, settlement or route of migration. It does not locate an individual’s home or birthplace.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword giri, page 355, column 2, entry L65105
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword giri, page 355, column 2, entry L65105
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