सदृश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সদৃশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬤᬺᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সদৃশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰟𑰴𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀤𑀾𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သဒၖၐ် (Burmese script)
• સદૃશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਦ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦢꦽꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂠𑃂𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸದೃಶ್ (Kannada script)
• សទ្ឫឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສທ຺ຣິຨ຺ (Lao script)
• സദൃശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡩᡵᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘟𑘵𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢑᠷᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦿𑧖𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐡𑐺𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସଦୃଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢣꢺꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆢𑆸𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖟𑖴𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සදෘශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩭𑩙𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚛𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸத்³ரிஶ் (Tamil script)
• సదృశ్ (Telugu script)
• สทฺฤศฺ (Thai script)
• ས་དྲྀ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒠𑒵𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨛𑨼𑨉𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-dŕ̥ḱ, from the zero grades of *sem- (“one, same”) and *derḱ- (“to see”) respectively. By surface analysis, स- (sa-) +‎ दृश् (dṛś). Compare also सदृक्ष (sadṛ́kṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.dŕ̩ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.d̪r̩ɕ/

Adjective

सदृश् • (sadṛ́ś) stem

1. alike, like, similar to, resembling
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.94.7:

     यो विश्वतः सुप्रतीकः सदृङ्ङ् असि दूरे चित् सन् तळिद् इवाति रोचसे ।
     रात्र्याश् चिद् अन्धो अति देव पश्यस्य् अग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥

     yo viśvataḥ supratīkaḥ sadṛṅṅ asi dūre cit san taḷid ivāti rocase.
     rātryāś cid andho ati deva paśyasy agne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava.

     Lovely of form art thou, alike on every side; though far, thou shinest brightly as if close at hand.
     O God, thou seest through even the dark of night. Let us not in thy friendship, Agni, suffer harm.

2. fit, proper, just, right

Declension

Declension of सदृश्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सदृङ् (sadṛṅ), सदृक् (sadṛk)	-	सदृंशि (sadṛṃśi)
Vocative	-	-	-
Accusative	-	-	-
Instrumental	-	-	-
Dative	-	-	-
Ablative	-	-	-
Genitive	-	-	-
Locative	-	-	-

Derived terms

• सदृश (sadṛśa)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सदृश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1140/1.