स्रु
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- স্ৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬲ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- স্রু (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- သြု (Burmese script)
- સ્રુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಸ್ರು (Kannada script)
- ស្រុ (Khmer script)
- ສ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
- സ്രു (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
- ස්රු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஸ்ரு (Tamil script)
- స్రు (Telugu script)
- สฺรุ (Thai script)
- སྲུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”).
Cognate with Proto-Slavic *strujiti (“to gush out, jet”), *strumy (“stream”); Lithuanian srū́ti (“to stream, flow”); Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow, stream, gush”), ῥῠθμός (rhuthmós) whence English rhythm; English stream.
Not to be confused with सृ (sṛ) from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.
Pronunciation edit
Root edit
स्रु • (sru)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1274.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 200
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्रु”, 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) “स्रु”, 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 393
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1003, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1003