स्रवति

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sráwati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwati, from Proto-Indo-European *sréw-e-ti (to flow, stream), from *srew-.[1] Cognate with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅 (rʾwynd, to pour off, 3pl.pres.),[2] Old Armenian առոգեմ (aṙogem), Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō), Lithuanian sravė́ti.

Not to be confused with सरति (sarati) from सृ (sṛ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

स्रवति (srávati) third-singular present indicative (root स्रु, class 1, type P)[3]

  1. to flow, stream
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.04:
      nā́háṃ táṃ veda dábhyaṃ dábhat sá yásyedáṃ dūtī́r ásaram parākā́t
      ná táṃ gūhanti sraváto gabhīrā́ hatā́ índreṇa paṇayaḥ šayadhve
      I know him safe from harm: but he can punish who sent me hither from afar as envoy.
      Him rivers flowing with deep waters bide not. Low will ye be, O Panis, slain by Indra.
  2. to leak, drip
  3. to perish, fail
  4. to issue, arise [+accusative = to]
  5. (finance) to accrue

Descendants edit

  • Bengali: প্রস্রবণ (prosrobon)

References edit

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hrau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “स्रवति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1274.