स्मि
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- স্মি (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
- স্মি (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- သ္မိ (Burmese script)
- સ્મિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ಮಿ (Kannada script)
- ស្មិ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ມິ (Lao script)
- സ്മി (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ମି (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ස්මි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஸ்மி (Tamil script)
- స్మి (Telugu script)
- สฺมิ (Thai script)
- སྨི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey- (“to laugh, be glad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μειδᾰ́ω (meidáō, “smile”), Proto-Slavic *smьjàti (“to laugh”), Latin mīrus (“wonderful”) the source of English admire etc.; Latvian smieties (“laugh”); English smile and possibly smirk.
Pronunciation edit
Root edit
स्मि • (smi)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1271.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 198
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्मि”, 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) “स्मि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- 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 360
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 568
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0967, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0967