स्रु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্ৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- স্রু (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- သြု (Burmese script)
- સ્રુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ರು (Kannada script)
- ស្រុ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
- സ്രു (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ස්රු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஸ்ரு (Tamil script)
- స్రు (Telugu script)
- สฺรุ (Thai script)
- སྲུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”).[1]
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *strujiti (“to gush out, jet”), *strumy (“stream”); Lithuanian srū́ti (“to stream, flow”); Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow, stream, gush”), ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) whence English rhythm; English stream.
Not to be confused with सृ (sṛ) from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɾu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɾu/
Root
स्रु • (sru)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- स्रव॑ति (srávati, present)
- अस्र॑वत् (ásravat, imperfect)
- स्रविष्यति (sraviṣyati, future)
- स्रोष्यति (sroṣyati, future)
- स्रोता (srotā, periphrastic future)
- असु॑स्रोत् (ásusrot, aorist)
- असुस्रुवत् (asusruvat, aorist)
- असुस्रवत् (asusravat, aorist)
- असिस्रवत् (asisravat, aorist)
- सुस्राव (susrāva, perfect)
Secondary forms
- स्रव॑ते (srávate, passive)
- स्रा॒वय॑ति (srāváyati, causative)
- स्र॒वय॑ति (sraváyati, causative)
- स्रा॒वय॑ते (srāváyate, passive of causative)
- स्र॒वय॑ते (sraváyate, passive of causative)
- सुस्रूषति (susrūṣati, desiderative)
- सुस्रावयिषति (susrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- सिस्रावयिषति (sisrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- सोस्रुति (sosruti, intensive)
- सोस्रूयते (sosrūyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- स्रोतुम् (srotum, infinitive)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्रु (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्रु (4 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “SRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 784
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1274, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 200
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्रु”, 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), “स्रु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “स्रु”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1735
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1003