Reconstruction:Sanskrit/‍फिरति

This Sanskrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• sanskrit/‍ᬨᬶᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• sanskrit/‍ဖိရတိ (Burmese script)
• sanskrit/‍ਫਿਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• sanskrit/‍𑌫𑌿𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• sanskrit/‍ꦦꦶꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• sanskrit/‍𑂤𑂱𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• sanskrit/‍ផិរតិ (Khmer script)
• sanskrit/‍ຜິຣຕິ (Lao script)
• sanskrit/‍ഫിരതി (Malayalam script)
• sanskrit/‍ᡦᡳᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• sanskrit/‍𑘣𑘱𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• sanskrit/‍ᠹᠢᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• sanskrit/‍𑧃𑧒𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• sanskrit/‍𑐦𑐶𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• sanskrit/‍ଫିରତି (Odia script)
• sanskrit/‍ꢧꢶꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• sanskrit/‍𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• sanskrit/‍𑖣𑖰𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• sanskrit/‍ඵිරති (Sinhalese script)
• sanskrit/‍𑩱𑩑𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• sanskrit/‍𑚟𑚮𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• sanskrit/‍பி²ரதி (Tamil script)
• sanskrit/‍ผิรติ (Thai script)
• sanskrit/‍་ཕི་ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• sanskrit/‍𑨟𑨁𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle Indo-Aryan *स्पर् (spar) / *स्पिर् (spir), and thus from स्पृ (spṛ, “to release”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

*‍फिरति • (‍phirati)

1. (intransitive) to move, wander, turn

Descendants

• Bengali: ফেরা (phera)
• Gujarati: ફરવું (pharvũ)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: फिरना (phirnā)

  Hindi: फेरना (phernā)

• Marathi: फिरणे (phirṇe)
• Punjabi: ਫਿਰਨਾ (phirnā) / پھِرنا (phirnā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press