सृष्टि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सृष्टि (sṛṣṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sɾɪʂ.ʈiː/

Noun

सृष्टि • (sŕṣṭi) f (Urdu spelling سرشٹی)

1. creation, making
   • राहुल सांकृत्यायन, अथातो घुमक्कड़-जिज्ञासा :

     कहा जाता है, ब्रह्म ने सृष्टि को पैदा, धारण और नाश करने का जिम्मा अपने ऊपर लिया है

     kahā jātā hai, brahma ne sŕṣṭi ko paidā, dhāraṇ aur nāś karne kā jimmā apne ūpar liyā hai

     it is said that Brahma has given us the responsibility of begetting, holding and destroying the creation

2. birth
3. the world, creation

   सृष्टिकर्ता ― sŕṣṭikartā ― Brahma

Declension

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “सृष्टि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Etymology

Denominative of सृष्ट (sṛṣṭa, “discharged, thrown, brought forth”), from the root सृज् (sṛj, “to flow, glide, push, go”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sŕ̩ʂ.ʈi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪r̩ʂ.ʈi/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sr̩ʂ.ʈí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪r̩ʂ.ʈi/

Noun

सृष्टि • (sṛ́ṣṭi, rarely sṛṣṭí) stem, f

1. emission, distribution
2. creation (abstract and concrete)
3. innate disposition
4. (archaic) nature
5. (archaic) liberality

Declension

Descendants

• →Tatsama:

  • Bengali: সৃষ্টি (sriśṭi)
  • Hindi: सृष्टि (sŕṣṭi)
  • Kannada: ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ (sṛṣṭi)
  • Malayalam: സൃഷ്ടി (sr̥ṣṭi)
  • Tamil: சிருஷ்டி (ciruṣṭi)
  • Telugu: సృష్టి (sr̥ṣṭi)

References

• Arthur A. Macdonell (2012 July 31 (last accessed)) “A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)