श्रि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
- শ্ৰি (Assamese script)
- শ্রি (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
- શ્રિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੑਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
- ឝ្រិ (Khmer script)
- ಶ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
- ຨ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ശ്രി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- ၐြိ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରି (Oriya script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රි (Sinhalese script)
- శ్రి (Telugu script)
- ศฺริ (Thai script)
- ཤྲི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “lean”), giving κλῖμᾰξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase; climax”), κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “slope”) whence English climate; Latin clīnō (“lean”) whence English incline etc; English lean, Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō whence English ladder.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾi/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɕɾi/
Root
श्रि • (śri)
- to lean, rest, recline, cling to
- to approach, resort to, tend to
Derived terms
- श्रयते (śráyate)
- श्रयति (śráyati)
- श्रित (śritá)
- श्रय (śraya)
- आश्रय (āśraya)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1098.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “श्रि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “श्रि”, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; 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 295
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 332
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0601