हृद्

See also: हद, हदें, हदों, हिंद, हिंदू, हिंदी, हौद, and हृदा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৃদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬺᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হৃদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰴𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀾𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟၖဒ် (Burmese script)
• હૃદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹ੍ਰਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦽꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑃂𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೃದ್ (Kannada script)
• ហ្ឫទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫ຺ຣິທ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹൃദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡵᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘵𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠷᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧖𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐺𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହୃଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢺꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆸𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖴𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හෘද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹ்ரித்³ (Tamil script)
• హృద్ (Telugu script)
• หฺฤทฺ (Thai script)
• ཧྲྀ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒵𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨼𑨉𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥d, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d-, oblique case stem of *ḱḗr (“heart”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardíā), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir), Old Church Slavonic срьдьцє (srĭdĭce), Latin cor, German Herz, Old English heorte (whence English heart). Doublet of हृदय (hṛdaya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦŕ̩d/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦr̩d̪/

Noun

हृद् • (hṛ́d) stem, n

1. heart

   Synonym: हृदय (hṛ́daya)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.1:

     कद्रुद्राय प्रचेतसे मीळ्हुष्टमाय तव्यसे।
     वोचेम शंतमं हृदे॥

     kadrudrāya pracetase mīḷhuṣṭamāya tavyase.
     vocema śaṃtamaṃ hṛde.

     What shall we sing to Rudra, strong, most generous, excellently wise,
     That shall be dearest to his heart?

2. soul, mind
3. the heart or interior of the body
4. breast, chest

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of हृद् (hṛ́d)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हृत् hṛ́t	हृदी hṛdī́	हृदि hṛ́di
Vocative	हृत् hṛ́t	हृदी hṛ́dī	हृदि hṛ́di
Accusative	हृत् hṛ́t	हृदी hṛdī́	हृदि hṛ́di
Instrumental	हृदा hṛdā́	हृद्भ्याम् hṛdbhyā́m	हृद्भिः hṛdbhíḥ
Dative	हृदे hṛdé	हृद्भ्याम् hṛdbhyā́m	हृद्भ्यः hṛdbhyáḥ
Ablative	हृदः hṛdáḥ	हृद्भ्याम् hṛdbhyā́m	हृद्भ्यः hṛdbhyáḥ
Genitive	हृदः hṛdáḥ	हृदोः hṛdóḥ	हृदाम् hṛdā́m
Locative	हृदि hṛdí	हृदोः hṛdóḥ	हृत्सु hṛtsú

References

• “हृद्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 666.
• Monier Williams (1899) “हृद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1302.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हृद्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 978
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “hṛd”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.