स्वधा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- স্বধা (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬯᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- স্বধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သွဓာ (Burmese script)
- સ્વધા (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਵਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦮꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ವಧಾ (Kannada script)
- ស្វធា (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ວຘາ (Lao script)
- സ്വധാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠣᠸᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᢦᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଵଧା (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢮꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ස්වධා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸ்வத⁴ா (Tamil script)
- స్వధా (Telugu script)
- สฺวธา (Thai script)
- སྭ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swadʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swadʰaH, from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-. Cognate with Latin sodālis, Ancient Greek ἔθος (éthos).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sʋɐ.dʱɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐ.d̪ʱɑː/
Noun
स्व॒धा • (svadhā́) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स्व॒धा (svadhā́) | स्व॒धे (svadhé) | स्व॒धाः (svadhā́ḥ) |
| accusative | स्व॒धाम् (svadhā́m) | स्व॒धे (svadhé) | स्व॒धाः (svadhā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | स्व॒धया॑ (svadháyā) स्व॒धा¹ (svadhā́¹) |
स्व॒धाभ्या॑म् (svadhā́bhyām) | स्व॒धाभिः॑ (svadhā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | स्व॒धायै॑ (svadhā́yai) | स्व॒धाभ्या॑म् (svadhā́bhyām) | स्व॒धाभ्यः॑ (svadhā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | स्व॒धायाः॑ (svadhā́yāḥ) स्व॒धायै॑² (svadhā́yai²) |
स्व॒धाभ्या॑म् (svadhā́bhyām) | स्व॒धाभ्यः॑ (svadhā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | स्व॒धायाः॑ (svadhā́yāḥ) स्व॒धायै॑² (svadhā́yai²) |
स्व॒धयोः॑ (svadháyoḥ) | स्व॒धाना॑म् (svadhā́nām) |
| locative | स्व॒धाया॑म् (svadhā́yām) | स्व॒धयोः॑ (svadháyoḥ) | स्व॒धासु॑ (svadhā́su) |
| vocative | स्वधे॑ (svádhe) | स्वधे॑ (svádhe) | स्वधाः॑ (svádhāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1278, column 1.