श्रद्धा

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾəd̪.d̪ʱɑː/,

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f

1. faith, belief

Inherited from Old Marathi श्रद्धा (śraddhā), from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

• IPA^(key): /ɕɾəd̪.d̪ʱa/

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f

1. faith, belief
2. reverence, veneration

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f

1. a female given name, Shraddha, from Sanskrit

• श्रद्धाळू (śraddhāḷū)
• अंधश्रद्धा (andhaśraddhā)
• श्रद्धेय (śraddhey)

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “श्रद्धा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćradᶻdʰáH (“faith, trust, belief”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, to believe”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (zrazdā), Latin crēdō (“I believe”), Old Irish creitid.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐd.dʱɑ́ː/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː/,

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā́) stem, f

1. faith, trust, confidence, loyalty, belief in
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.113.2:

     आ प॑वस्व दिशां पत आर्जी॒कात्सो॑म मीढ्वः ।
     ऋ॒त॒वा॒केन॑ स॒त्येन॑ श्र॒द्धया॒ तप॑सा सु॒त इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥

     ā́ pavasva diśāṃ pata ārjīkā́tsoma mīḍhvaḥ.
     ṛtavākéna satyéna śraddháyā tápasā sutá índrāyendo pári srava.

     Lord of the Quarters, flow thou on, boon Soma, from Arjika land,
     Effused with ardour and with faith, and the true hymn of sacrifice. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.

2. expectation, desire

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā́) stem, f

1. the personification of faith as a goddess

• श्राद्ध (śrāddha)

• Pali: saddhā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), 𑀲𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸 (saḍḍhā)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: sādh, sād
      • Hindi: साध, साद
      • Urdu: سادھ, ساد
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: সাধ (śadh), সাদ (śad)
    • Odia: ସାଧ (sādha), ସାଦ (sāda)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: साध (sādh)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: sadha

      Arabic script: سَڌَ

      Devanagari script: सध

  • Southern:
    • Sinhalese: අදවු (adawu), සැදැහැ (sædæhæ), ඇදහිල්ල (ædahilla)
• → Old Marathi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā)
  • Marathi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā)
• → Hindi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ (śraddhe) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रद्धा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śraddhā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press