Save Gender Feminine Usage Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Odia, Bengali, Assamese Scripts गिरिजा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) ഗിരിജ(Malayalam) கிரிஜா(Tamil) ಗಿರಿಜಾ(Kannada) గిరిజా, గిరిజ(Telugu) ଗିରିଜା(Odia) গিরিজা(Bengali) গিৰিজা(Assamese) Pronounced Pron. /ˈɡi.ɾi.d͡ʑɐ/(Sanskrit) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "mountain-born" in Sanskrit, from गिरि (giri) meaning "mountain" combined with the suffix -ज (-ja) meaning "born, produced". This is an epithet of the Hindu goddess Parvati, who was born from a personification of the Himalayas.