स्वरति

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swárati, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling, to speak loudly, to swear”). Cognate with English swear, German schwören, Russian свара (svara).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ́.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

स्वरति • (svárati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, present, root स्वर्)

1. to sing
2. to make or utter a sound
3. to resound
4. to praise
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.67.9:

     हि॒न्वन्ति॒ सूर॒मुस्र॑य॒: पव॑मानं मधु॒श्चुत॑म्। अ॒भि गि॒रा सम॑स्वरन्॥

     hinvánti sū́ramúsraya: pávamānaṃ madhuścútam. abhí girā́ sámasvaran.

     The fingers express the purified honey-dropping heroic Soma; (the worshippers) hail him with praise.

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1285, column 1.