श्राद्ध

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰাদ্ধ (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬵᬤ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
• শ্রাদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰟𑰿𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြာဒ္ဓ (Burmese script)
• શ્રાદ્ધ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਾਦ੍ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦴꦢ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂠𑂹𑂡 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រាទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣາທ຺ຘ (Lao script)
• ശ്രാദ്ധ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘟𑘿𑘠 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠠᢗᢑᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦿𑧠𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐡𑑂𑐢 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରାଦ୍ଧ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢵꢣ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆢𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖟𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රාද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩭 𑪙𑩮 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚛𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ராத்³த⁴ (Tamil script)
• శ్రాద్ధ (Telugu script)
• ศฺราทฺธ (Thai script)
• ཤྲཱ་དྡྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒠𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨛𑩇𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɑːd.dʱɐ́/, [ɕɾɑːd̚.dʱɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾɑːd̪.d̪ʱɐ/, [ˈɕɾɑːd̪̚.d̪ʱɐ]

Adjective

श्राद्ध • (śrāddha) stem

1. faithful
2. (rare) believing

Noun

श्राद्ध • (śrāddha) stem, f

1. trust
2. desire

Descendants

• Pali: saddhā
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), 𑀲𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸 (saḍḍhā)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: sādh, sād
      • Hindi: साध, साद
      • Urdu: سادھ, ساد
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: সাধ (śadh), সাদ (śad)
    • Odia: ସାଧ (sadhô), ସାଦ (sadô)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: साध (sādh)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: sadha

      Arabic script: سَڌَ

      Devanagari script: सध

  • Southern:
    • Sinhalese: අදවු (adawu), සැදැහැ (sædæhæ), ඇදහිල්ල (ædahilla)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “श्राद्ध”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrāddha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press