श्रम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শ্ৰম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শ্রম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐြမ် (Burmese script)
- શ્રમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦿꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ರಮ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្រម៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣມ຺ (Lao script)
- ശ്രമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரம் (Tamil script)
- శ్రమ్ (Telugu script)
- ศฺรมฺ (Thai script)
- ཤྲ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂-
Sanskrit श्रम्
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂- (“to be or become limp”). Compare Ancient Greek κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hang”) and perhaps κρημνός (krēmnós, “overhanging bank of a river”).
Root
श्रम् • (śram)
- to be or become weary or tired, be tired of doing anything
- to make effort, exert oneself (esp. in performing acts of austerity), labor in vain
- to overcome, conquer, subdue
- to speak to, address, invite
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- श्राम्यति (śrāmyati, present)
- श्रमति (śramati, present)
- श्रमिष्यति (śramiṣyati, future)
- श्रमिता (śramitā, periphrastic future)
- अश्र॑मत् (áśramat, aorist)
- श॒श्राम॑ (śaśrā́ma, perfect)
Secondary forms
- श्रम्यते (śramyate, passive)
- अश्रा॑मि (áśrāmi, passive aorist)
- अश्र॑मि (áśrami, passive aorist)
- श्रामयति (śrāmayati, causative)
- श्रमयति (śramayati, causative)
- अशिश्रमत् (aśiśramat, causative aorist)
Non-finite forms
- श्रां॒त (śrāṃtá, past participle)
- श्रमितुम् (śramitum, infinitive)
- श्रम्य (śramya, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रम् (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रम् (7 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1096/1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 178
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 664