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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হ্বৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬳ᭄ᬯᬺ (Balinese script)
- হ্বৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰿𑰪𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဟွၖ (Burmese script)
- હ્વૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਹ੍ਵ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍍𑌵𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦲ꧀ꦮꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂹𑂫𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಹ್ವೃ (Kannada script)
- ហ្វ្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ຫ຺ວ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ഹ്വൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠣᠸᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘿𑘪𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠧᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧠𑧊𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐺 (Newa script)
- ହ୍ଵୃ (Odia script)
- ꢲ꣄ꢮꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑇀𑆮𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖿𑖪𑖴 (Siddham script)
- හ්වෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂 𑪙𑩾𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஹ்வ்ரி (Tamil script)
- హ్వృ (Telugu script)
- หฺวฺฤ (Thai script)
- ཧྭྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑓂𑒫𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑩇𑨭𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, “injustice”), Lithuanian žulas (“rough”), Latvian zveļu (“to turn aside”). Doublet of ह्वल् (hval) and हुस् (hus).
Pronunciation
Root
ह्वृ • (hvṛ) 1P
- to deviate or diverge from the right line
- to be crooked, curved or bent
- to go crookedly, wrongly or deviously
- to stumble or fall down
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ह्वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 210