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Sanskrit
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
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”).[1]
Pronunciation
Root
श्रु • (śru)
- to listen, hear; learn
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- श्रूयते (śrūyáte, Passive)
- अश्रावि (áśrāvi, Passive Aorist)
- श्रावयति (śrāváyati, Causative)
- अशुश्रुवत् (áśuśruvat, Causative Aorist)
- श्राव्यते (śrāvyáte, Passive of Causative)
- शुश्रूषते (śúśrūṣate, Desiderative)
- शुश्रूषति (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
- श्रुत (śrutá, Past Participle)
- श्रोतुम् (śrótum, Infinitive)
- श्रुत्वा (śrutvā́, Gerund)
- श्रुत्य (śrútya, Gerund)
- श्रावम् (śrāvam, Gerund)
- श्रुत्य (śrútya, Gerundive)
- श्रव्य (śravya, Gerundive)
- श्रवणीय (śravaṇī́ya, Gerundive)
- श्रोतव्य (śrotavyà, Gerundive)
- श्रावणीय (śrāvaṇī́ya, Causative Gerundive)
- श्रावयितव्य (śrāvayitavyà, Causative Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (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 (2010-2024) “śru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.