इरिण

íriṇa

n. (ṛi, « to go» Uṇ. II, 51 ;

connected with irā), a water-course;
a rivulet, well RV. ;
any excavation in the ground, a hollow, hole AV. TS. ṠBr. KātyṠr. ;
a dice-board RV. X, 34, 1 ;
a desert, an inhospitable region;
a bare plain, barren soil;
salt soil Mn. Yājñ. MBh. etc.