स्तु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• स्तव् (stav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তু (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• স্তু (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တု (Burmese script)
• સ્તુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತು (Kannada script)
• ស្តុ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
• സ്തു (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஸ்து (Tamil script)
• స్తు (Telugu script)
• สฺตุ (Thai script)
• སྟུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *stew- (“to praise”). Cognate with Persian ستودن (setudan, “to praise, extol”), Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, “to promise or threaten that one will”), Hittite [script needed] (istuwa-, “to become public”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪u/

Root

स्तु • (stu)

1. to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns

Derived terms

• स्तौति (stáuti)
• स्तुत (stutá)
• स्तुति (stutí)
• स्तोम (stóma)
• स्तोत्र (stótra)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 193
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्तु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्तु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 359
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