ध्रुति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ধ্ৰুতি (Assamese script)
ᬥ᭄ᬭᬸᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ধ্রুতি (Bengali script)
𑰠𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀥𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဓြုတိ (Burmese script)
ધ્રુતિ (Gujarati script)
ਧ੍ਰੁਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌧𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦣꦿꦸꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂡𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಧ್ರುತಿ (Kannada script)
ធ្រុតិ (Khmer script)
ຘ຺ຣຸຕິ (Lao script)
ധ്രുതി (Malayalam script)
ᢡᡵᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘠𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠾᠷᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧀𑧠𑧈𑧔𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐢𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଧ୍ରୁତି (Odia script)
ꢤ꣄ꢬꢸꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆣𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖠𑖿𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ධ්‍රුති (Sinhalese script)
𑩮 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚜𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
த்⁴ருதி (Tamil script)
ధ్రుతి (Telugu script)
ธฺรุติ (Thai script)
དྷྲུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒡𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨜𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰrew-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰru-tí-š

Sanskrit ध्रुति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰru-tí-š, from *dʰrew-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to deceive, mislead”).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Parthian [Term?] (/⁠dr'w⁠/, “to seduce, delude”), Latin fraus.

Cheung separates this from the root ध्वृ (dhvṛ, “to injure”) and instead posits a root *धृव् (*dhṛv) for this term along with धूर्त॑ (dhū́rta, “cunning”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɾú.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɾu.t̪i/

Noun

ध्रुति॑ • (dhrúti) stem, f ^[3]

misleading, seduction, deception
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of ध्रुति॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ध्रुतिः॑ (dhrútiḥ)	ध्रुती॑ (dhrútī)	ध्रुत॑यः (dhrútayaḥ)
accusative	ध्रुति॑म् (dhrútim)	ध्रुती॑ (dhrútī)	ध्रुतीः॑ (dhrútīḥ)
instrumental	ध्रुत्या॑ (dhrútyā) ध्रुती॑¹ (dhrútī¹)	ध्रुति॑भ्याम् (dhrútibhyām)	ध्रुति॑भिः (dhrútibhiḥ)
dative	ध्रुत॑ये (dhrútaye) ध्रुत्यै॑² (dhrútyai²) ध्रुती॑¹ (dhrútī¹)	ध्रुति॑भ्याम् (dhrútibhyām)	ध्रुति॑भ्यः (dhrútibhyaḥ)
ablative	ध्रुतेः॑ (dhrúteḥ) ध्रुत्याः॑² (dhrútyāḥ²) ध्रुत्यै॑³ (dhrútyai³)	ध्रुति॑भ्याम् (dhrútibhyām)	ध्रुति॑भ्यः (dhrútibhyaḥ)
genitive	ध्रुतेः॑ (dhrúteḥ) ध्रुत्याः॑² (dhrútyāḥ²) ध्रुत्यै॑³ (dhrútyai³)	ध्रुत्योः॑ (dhrútyoḥ)	ध्रुती॑नाम् (dhrútīnām)
locative	ध्रुतौ॑ (dhrútau) ध्रुत्या॑म्² (dhrútyām²) ध्रुता॑¹ (dhrútā¹)	ध्रुत्योः॑ (dhrútyoḥ)	ध्रुति॑षु (dhrútiṣu)
vocative	ध्रुते॑ (dhrúte)	ध्रुती॑ (dhrútī)	ध्रुत॑यः (dhrútayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*drau³”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 156
^ Monier Williams (1899), “ध्रुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521.

[1] Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*drau³”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 156

[3] Monier Williams (1899), “ध्रुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 521.

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