ह्वृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ह्वल् (hval)
• हुस् (hus)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হ্বৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬳ᭄ᬯᬺ (Balinese script)
• হ্বৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰿𑰪𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဟွၖ (Burmese script)
• હ્વૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਹ੍ਵ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍍𑌵𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦲ꧀ꦮꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂹𑂫𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಹ್ವೃ (Kannada script)
• ហ្វ្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ຫ຺ວ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ഹ്വൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠣᠸᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘿𑘪𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠧᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧠𑧊𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑑂𑐰𑐺 (Newa script)
• ହ୍ଵୃ (Odia script)
• ꢲ꣄ꢮꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑇀𑆮𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖿𑖪𑖴 (Siddham script)
• හ‍්වෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂 𑪙𑩾𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஹ்வ்ரி (Tamil script)
• హ్వృ (Telugu script)
• หฺวฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཧྭྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑓂𑒫𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑩇𑨭𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, “injustice”), Lithuanian žulas (“rough”), Latvian zveļu (“to turn aside”). Doublet of ह्वल् (hval) and हुस् (hus).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦʋr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦʋr̩/

Root

ह्वृ • (hvṛ) 1P

1. to deviate or diverge from the right line
2. to be crooked, curved or bent
3. to go crookedly, wrongly or deviously
4. to stumble or fall down

Derived terms

• ह्वरति (hvarati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ह्वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308.