स्वद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্বদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သွဒ် (Burmese script)
• સ્વદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವದ್ (Kannada script)
• ស្វទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວທ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്വദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢦᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வத்³ (Tamil script)
• స్వద్ (Telugu script)
• สฺวทฺ (Thai script)
• སྭ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- (“sweet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἡδῠ́ς (hēdús), ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “delight, taste”) whence English hedonism; Latin suādeō, suavis; English sweet.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐd/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐd̪/

Root

स्वद् • (svad)

1. to be sweet, taste well
2. to be pleasant
3. to taste with pleasure, relish, enjoy

Derived terms

• स्वदते (svádate)
• स्वाद (sváda)
• स्वादु (svādú)
• स्वादिष्ठ (svā́diṣṭha)
• स्वादिमन् (svādíman)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1279.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 201
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वद्”, 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) “स्वद्”, 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 255
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 606
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1039, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1039