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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sráwati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwati, from Proto-Indo-European *sréw-e-ti (“to flow, stream”), from *srew-. Cognate with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅 (rʾwynd, “to pour off”, 3pl.pres.), Old Armenian առոգեմ (aṙogem), Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō), Lithuanian sravė́ti.
Not to be confused with सरति (sarati) from सृ (sṛ).
Pronunciation
Verb
स्रवति • (srávati) third-singular present indicative (root स्रु, class 1, type P)
- to flow, stream
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.108.04:
- nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhat sá yásyedáṃ dūtī́r ásaram parākā́t
ná táṃ gūhanti sraváto gabhīrā́ hatā́ índreṇa paṇayaḥ šayadhve- I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy.
Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Panis, slain by Indra.
- to leak, drip
- to perish, fail
- to issue, arise
- (finance) to accrue
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References
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hrau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्रवति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1274.