श्रु
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- श्रव् (śrav)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শ্ৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- শ্রু (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ၐြု (Burmese script)
- શ્રુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ರು (Kannada script)
- ឝ្រុ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
- ശ്രു (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரு (Tamil script)
- శ్రు (Telugu script)
- ศฺรุ (Thai script)
- ཤྲུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
Sanskrit श्रु
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɾu/
Root
श्रु • (śru)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- शृ॒णोति॑ (śṛṇóti, present)
- शृ॒णु॒ते (śṛṇuté, present)
- श्रो॒ष्यति॑ (śroṣyáti, future)
- श्रो॒ता (śrotā́, periphrastic future)
- अश्रो॑त् (áśrot, aorist)
- अश्रौ॑षीत् (áśrauṣīt, aorist)
- श्रू॒यात् (śrūyā́t, benedictive)
- शु॒श्राव॑ (śuśrā́va, perfect)
Secondary forms
- श्रू॒यते॑ (śrūyáte, passive)
- अश्रा॑वि (áśrāvi, passive aorist)
- श्रा॒वय॑ति (śrāváyati, causative)
- अशु॑श्रुवत् (áśuśruvat, causative aorist)
- श्रा॒व्यते॑ (śrāvyáte, passive of causative)
- शुश्रू॑षते (śúśrūṣate, desiderative)
- शुश्रू॑षति (śúśrūṣati, desiderative)
- शुश्रूष्यते (śuśrūṣyate, passive of desiderative)
- शुश्रूषयति (śuśrūṣayati, causative of desiderative)
- शिश्रावयिषति (śiśrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- शुश्रावयिषति (śuśrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- शोश्रूयते (śośrūyate, intensive)
- शोश्रवीति (śośravīti, intensive)
- शोश्रोति (śośroti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- श्रु॒त (śrutá, past participle)
- श्रोतु॑म् (śrótum, infinitive)
- श्रु॒त्वा (śrutvā́, gerund)
- श्रुत्य॑ (śrútya, gerund)
- श्रावम् (śrāvam, gerund)
- श्रुत्य॑ (śrútya, gerundive)
- श्रव्य (śravya, gerundive)
- श्र॒व॒णीय॑ (śravaṇī́ya, gerundive)
- श्रो॒त॒व्य॑ (śrotavyà, gerundive)
- श्रा॒व॒णीय॑ (śrāvaṇī́ya, causative gerundive)
- श्रा॒व॒यि॒त॒व्य॑ (śrāvayitavyà, causative gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
- श्रू (śrū)
- श्रव॑ (śráva)
- श्र॒वाय्य॑ (śravā́yya)
- श्राव (śrāva)
- श्रावक (śrāvaka)
- श्राविन् (śrāvin)
- श्राव्य (śrāvya)
- श्रवण (śravaṇa)
- श्रावण (śrāvaṇa)
- श्रवस् (śravas)
- श्लोक॑ (ślóka)
- श्रुत् (śrut)
- श्रुति॑ (śrúti)
- श्रोतु (śrotu)
- श्रोतृ (śrotṛ)
- श्रोत्र॑ (śrótra)
- श्रावितृ (śrāvitṛ)
- श्रुधि (śrudhi)
- श्रुण (śruṇa)
- श्रोम॑त (śrómata)
- श्रवि॑ष्ठ (śráviṣṭha)
- श्रौष॑ट् (śráuṣaṭ)
- प्रशुश्रुक (praśuśruka)
- शुश्रूस् (śuśrūs)
- शुश्रूषक (śuśrūṣaka)
- शुश्रूषण (śuśrūṣaṇa)
- शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā)
- शुश्रूषिन् (śuśrūṣin)
- शुश्रूष्य (śuśrūṣya)
- शु॒श्रू॒षेन्य॑ (śuśrūṣénya)
- शु॒श्रू॒षु (śuśrūṣú)
- शुश्रूषितृ (śuśrūṣitṛ)
- शु॒श्रू॒षि॒त॒व्य (śuśrūṣitavyá)
- संश्रावयितृ (saṃśrāvayitṛ)
Prefixed root forms
- अनुश्रु (anuśru)
- अभिश्रु (abhiśru)
- आश्रु (āśru)
- उपश्रु (upaśru)
- परिश्रु (pariśru)
- प्रतिश्रु (pratiśru)
- विश्रु (viśru)
- संश्रु (saṃśru)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रु (0 c, 15 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रु (12 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 666-7
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.