Inari

See also: inari

English

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Inari Ōkami

Wikipedia

From Japanese 稲荷 (Inari).

Proper noun

Inari

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Inari

Wikipedia

Inari

2. A lake in Lapland, Finland.
4. A municipality of Lapland, Finland.
6. A village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland.
7. A Saami language: the Inari Sami.
9. (astronomy) 1532 Inari, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

lake

Belarusian: Інары n (Inary) Bulgarian: Инари n (Inari) Danish: Enaresøen, Enare Finnish: Inarijärvi (fi), Inari (fi) Inari Sami: Aanaarjävri Japanese: イナリ湖 (Inari-ko) Latvian: Inari m Lithuanian: Inaris Marathi: इनारी m (inārī) Northern Sami: Anárjávri Norwegian: Enaresjøen c Portuguese: Inari m Russian: И́нари n (Ínari) Skolt Sami: Aanarjäuˊrr Swedish: Enare träsk n Turkmen: İnari gölü

municipality and village

Finnish: Inari (fi) Inari Sami: Aanaar Marathi: इनारी (inārī) Northern Sami: Anár Norwegian: Enare Portuguese: Inari f Skolt Sami: Aanar Swedish: Enare n

language

Finnish: inarinsaame (fi) Inari Sami: anarâškielâ Marathi: इनारी सामी f (inārī sāmī) Northern Sami: anárašgiella Norwegian: enaresamisk n Bokmål: enaresamisk n Nynorsk: enaresamisk n Swedish: enaresamiska (sv) c

asteroid

Finnish: Inari (fi) Marathi: इनारी (inārī) Swedish: Inari

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Inari, smn ⁠

Anagrams

• INRIA, Irani, Riina, irian

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Inari

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

Probably from Inari Sami Aanaar, perhaps ultimately from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinɑri/, [ˈinɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -inɑri
• Syllabification^(key): I‧na‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): I‧na‧ri

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Proper noun

Inari

1. (uncountable) Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)
2. (uncountable) Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
3. (uncountable) Inari (a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland)
4. (uncountable) Inari (asteroid)
5. a female given name transferred from the place name
   • 1917, Joel Lehtonen, Kerran kesällä, Otava, published 1972, page 75:

     "Paatilla makaamaan", matki surkeasti Bongman. "Maissi-rouva! Miksi ei Riissi-rouva, miksi ei suomalaisia nimiä. Ja Svea Ruusa. Miksi ei Saima, Inari, Koli..."
     "Kuinka te uskallatte!" huudahti rouva Könölin.

     "Lie down on the boat", Bongman pitifully repeated. "Mrs Maissi! Why not Mrs Riissi, why not Finnish names. And Svea Ruusa. Why not Saima, Inari, Koli..."
     "How dare you!", Mrs Könölin shouted.

   • 2014, Leena Kirstinä, Kirsi Kunnas―sateessa ja tuulessa, WSOY, →ISBN, pages 29–30:

     Kirsin ja Alilan pikkusisko Inari syntyi 24. syyskuuta 1931. Inari oli tuolloin hyvin uudenaikainen nimi, ja Kirsi ja Alila vitsailivatkin myöhemmin keskenään, että äiti oli keksinyt sen poistamalla miehensä nimestä E-kirjaimen.

     Kirsi's and Alila's younger sister Inari was born on September 24, 1931. Inari was a really new naem back then, and Kirsi and Alila would go on to joke between themselves that their mother had invented the name by taking out the initial E from her husband's name.

6. (dated, rare) a male given name transferred from the place name

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Inari" is Inarissa.

Inflection of Inari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Inari	Inarit
genitive		Inarin	Inarien Inareiden Inareitten
partitive		Inaria	Inareita Inareja
illative		Inariin	Inareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Inari	Inarit
accusative	nom.	Inari	Inarit
	gen.	Inarin
genitive		Inarin	Inarien Inareiden Inareitten
partitive		Inaria	Inareita Inareja
inessive		Inarissa	Inareissa
elative		Inarista	Inareista
illative		Inariin	Inareihin
adessive		Inarilla	Inareilla
ablative		Inarilta	Inareilta
allative		Inarille	Inareille
essive		Inarina	Inareina
translative		Inariksi	Inareiksi
abessive		Inaritta	Inareitta
instructive		—	Inarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Inari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Inarini Inarini accusative nom. Inarini Inarini gen. Inarini genitive Inarini Inarieni Inareideni Inareitteni partitive Inariani Inareitani Inarejani inessive Inarissani Inareissani elative Inaristani Inareistani illative Inariini Inareihini adessive Inarillani Inareillani ablative Inariltani Inareiltani allative Inarilleni Inareilleni essive Inarinani Inareinani translative Inarikseni Inareikseni abessive Inarittani Inareittani instructive — — comitative — Inareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Inarisi Inarisi accusative nom. Inarisi Inarisi gen. Inarisi genitive Inarisi Inariesi Inareidesi Inareittesi partitive Inariasi Inareitasi Inarejasi inessive Inarissasi Inareissasi elative Inaristasi Inareistasi illative Inariisi Inareihisi adessive Inarillasi Inareillasi ablative Inariltasi Inareiltasi allative Inarillesi Inareillesi essive Inarinasi Inareinasi translative Inariksesi Inareiksesi abessive Inarittasi Inareittasi instructive — — comitative — Inareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Inarimme Inarimme accusative nom. Inarimme Inarimme gen. Inarimme genitive Inarimme Inariemme Inareidemme Inareittemme partitive Inariamme Inareitamme Inarejamme inessive Inarissamme Inareissamme elative Inaristamme Inareistamme illative Inariimme Inareihimme adessive Inarillamme Inareillamme ablative Inariltamme Inareiltamme allative Inarillemme Inareillemme essive Inarinamme Inareinamme translative Inariksemme Inareiksemme abessive Inarittamme Inareittamme instructive — — comitative — Inareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Inarinne Inarinne accusative nom. Inarinne Inarinne gen. Inarinne genitive Inarinne Inarienne Inareidenne Inareittenne partitive Inarianne Inareitanne Inarejanne inessive Inarissanne Inareissanne elative Inaristanne Inareistanne illative Inariinne Inareihinne adessive Inarillanne Inareillanne ablative Inariltanne Inareiltanne allative Inarillenne Inareillenne essive Inarinanne Inareinanne translative Inariksenne Inareiksenne abessive Inarittanne Inareittanne instructive — — comitative — Inareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Inarinsa Inarinsa accusative nom. Inarinsa Inarinsa gen. Inarinsa genitive Inarinsa Inariensa Inareidensa Inareittensa partitive Inariaan Inariansa Inareitaan Inarejaan Inareitansa Inarejansa inessive Inarissaan Inarissansa Inareissaan Inareissansa elative Inaristaan Inaristansa Inareistaan Inareistansa illative Inariinsa Inareihinsa adessive Inarillaan Inarillansa Inareillaan Inareillansa ablative Inariltaan Inariltansa Inareiltaan Inareiltansa allative Inarilleen Inarillensa Inareilleen Inareillensa essive Inarinaan Inarinansa Inareinaan Inareinansa translative Inarikseen Inariksensa Inareikseen Inareiksensa abessive Inarittaan Inarittansa Inareittaan Inareittansa instructive — — comitative — Inareineen Inareinensa

Derived terms

• inarilainen

compounds

• Inarijärvi
• inarinsaame
• inarinsaamelainen

Statistics

• Inari is the 447^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 884 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,282 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 21 male individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• Irina, Riina

Japanese

Romanization

Inari

1. Rōmaji transcription of いなり

Portuguese

Proper noun

Inari f

1. Inari (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)
2. Inari (a village in the municipality of Inari, Lapland, Finland)

Proper noun

Inari m

1. Inari (a lake in Lapland, Finland)