शृणोति

शृणोति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti, from *ḱlew-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (surunaoiti), Tocharian A käln-, Irish cluin, Old Church Slavonic слѹшати (slušati), Old English hlysnan (whence English listen).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩.ɳɐ́w.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩ˈɳoː.t̪i/

Verb

शृणोति • (śṛṇóti) (root श्रु, class 5 P)

1. to listen, to hear

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: শুনা (xuna)
  • Bengali: শোনা (śona)
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀇 (suṇaï)
• Pali: suṇāti
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (suṇedi)
  • Old Gujarati: सुणइ
    • Gujarati: સુણવું (suṇvũ)
  • Hindi: सुनना (sunnā)
  • Nepali: सुन्नु (sunnu)
  • Punjabi: ਸੁਣਨਾ (suṇnā)

Related terms

• श्रावयति (śrāváyati)
• श्रुति (śrúti)
• श्रुत (śrutá)
• श्रोमत (śrómata)
• श्रवस् (śrávas)
• श्रोत्र (śrótra)