श्रोता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रोतृ (śrotṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾoː.t̪ɑː/, [ʃɾoː.t̪äː]

Noun

श्रोता • (śrotā) m (Urdu spelling شروتا)

1. listener (one who listens)

Declension

Declension of श्रोता (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	श्रोता śrotā	श्रोता śrotā
oblique	श्रोता śrotā	श्रोताओं śrotāõ
vocative	श्रोता śrotā	श्रोताओ śrotāo

Adjective

श्रोता • (śrotā) (Urdu spelling شروتا)

1. listening, hearing

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्रोता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰোতা (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᭀᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• শ্রোতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰺𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြောတာ (Burmese script)
• શ્રોતા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰੋਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦺꦴꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂷𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರೋತಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រោតា (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ໂຣຕາ (Lao script)
• ശ്രോതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᠣᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘻𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠣᠸᠠᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧜𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑑀𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରୋତା (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꣂꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆾𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖺𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රොතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩕𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚴𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரோதா (Tamil script)
• శ్రోతా (Telugu script)
• ศฺโรตา (Thai script)
• ཤྲོ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒼𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨆𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐw.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾoː.t̪ɑː/

Verb

श्रोता • (śrotā) third-singular present indicative (root श्रु, type P, periphrastic future)

1. periphrastic future of श्रु (śru)

Conjugation

Periphrastic Future: श्रोता (śrotā)
	Active			Middle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	श्रोता śrotā	श्रोतारौ / श्रोतारा¹ śrotārau / śrotārā¹	श्रोतारः śrotāraḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	श्रोतासि śrotāsi	श्रोतास्थः śrotāsthaḥ	श्रोतास्थ śrotāstha	- -	- -	- -
First	श्रोतास्मि śrotāsmi	श्रोतास्वः śrotāsvaḥ	श्रोतास्मः śrotāsmaḥ	- -	- -	- -
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

श्रोता • (śrotā)

1. nominative singular masculine/feminine of श्रोतृ (śrotṛ)