स्फूर्ज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spreHg- (to crackle, splutter, scatter), a *-g- extension of *sperH- (to kick, push away, make a rash movement). Cognate with Ancient Greek σφαραγέομαι (spharagéomai, crackle, sizzle), Lithuanian sprógti (explode, blow, shatter), and Proto-Germanic *sprekaną whence English speak.

Pronunciation

Root

स्फूर्ज् • (sphūrj)

  1. to rumble, roar, thunder, crash
  2. to burst forth, appear
  3. to crash, crackle

Derived terms

  • स्फूर्ज (sphūrja)

See also

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्फूर्ज्”, 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
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्फूर्ज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press