श्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • श्रय् (śray)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean, incline). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, lean), giving κλῖμᾰξ (klîmăx, ladder, staircase; climax), κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, slope) whence English climate; Latin clīnō (lean) whence English incline etc; English lean, Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō whence English ladder.

    Pronunciation

    Root

    श्रि • (śri)

    1. to lean, rest, recline, cling to
    2. to approach, resort to, tend to

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • श्रय॑ति (śráyati, present)
    • श्रयिष्यति (śrayiṣyati, future)
    • श्रयिता (śrayitā, periphrastic future)
    • अश्रे॑त् (áśret, aorist)
    • अश्रै॑त् (áśrait, aorist)
    • शि॒श्राय॑ (śiśrā́ya, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • श्रीयते (śrīyate, passive)
    • अश्रा॑यि (áśrāyi, passive aorist)
    • श्रापयति (śrāpayati, causative)
    • शिश्रयिषति (śiśrayiṣati, desiderative)
    • शिश्रीषति (śiśrīṣati, desiderative)
    Non-finite forms
    • श्रि॒त (śritá, past participle)
    • श्रयितुम् (śrayitum, infinitive)
    • श्र॒यि॒त॒वै (śrayitavái, infinitive)
    • श्रयित्वा (śrayitvā, gerund)
    • श्रयणीय (śrayaṇīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • श्रय (śraya)
    • श्रयण (śrayaṇa)
    • श्रा॒य (śrāyá)
    Prefixed root forms
    • अधिश्रि (adhiśri)
    • अपश्रि (apaśri)
    • अभिश्रि (abhiśri)
    • आश्रि (āśri)
    • उच्छ्रि (ucchri)
    • उपश्रि (upaśri)
    • निश्रि (niśri)
    • परिश्रि (pariśri)
    • प्रश्रि (praśri)
    • विश्रि (viśri)
    • संश्रि (saṃśri)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रि (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रि (3 c, 0 e)

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “श्रि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śri”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚRAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 665