श्रु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- শ্ৰু (Assamese script)
- শ্রু (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- શ્રુ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੑਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
- ឝ្រុ (Khmer script)
- ಶ್ರು (Kannada script)
- ຨ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
- ശ്രു (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- ၐြု (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରୁ (Oriya script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රු (Sinhalese script)
- శ్రు (Telugu script)
- ศฺรุ (Thai script)
- ཤྲུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”). See also श्रुति (śruti, “listening, hearing”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾu/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɕɾu/
Root
श्रु • (śru)
- to listen, hear; learn
Derived terms
- शिश्रावयिषति, शुश्रावयिषति (śiśrāvayiṣati, śuśrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
- शुश्रू (śuśrū)
- शुश्रूषते (śuśrūṣate, desiderative)
- शुश्रूषयति (śuśrūṣayati, causative of desiderative)
- शुश्रूष्यते (śuśrūṣyate, passive of desiderative)
- शृणुते (śṛṇute, 5 Ā)
- शृणोति (śṛṇoti, 5 P)
- शोश्रूयते, शोश्रवीति, शोश्रोति (śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti, intensive)
- श्रव (śrava)
- श्रवण (śravaṇa)
- श्राव (śrāva)
- श्रावयति (śrāvayati, causative)
- श्राव्यते (śrāvyate, passive of causative)
- श्रुण (śruṇa)
- श्रुत (śruta)
- श्रुतर्य (śrutarya)
- श्रुता (śrutā)
- श्रुति (śruti)
- श्रुत् (śrut)
- श्रूयते (śrūyate, passive)
- श्रोमत (śromata)
- श्रोषति (śroṣati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1100.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179