श्रुति
See also: शरत् and शर्त
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रुति (śrúti).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɾʊ.t̪iː/
Noun
श्रुति • (śruti) f
- hearing, listening
- Synonym: सुनना (sunnā)
- something heard, hearsay
- (Hinduism) shruti: sacred knowledge of the Vedas traditionally transmitted orally
- (music) shruti: the shortest discernable interval of pitch, 22 of which are in an octave
Declension
Declension of श्रुति (fem i-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियाँ śrutiyā̃ |
| oblique | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियों śrutiyõ |
| vocative | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियो śrutiyo |
Proper noun
श्रुति • (śruti) f
- a female given name, Sruti or Shruti, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of श्रुति (fem i-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियाँ śrutiyā̃ |
| oblique | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियों śrutiyõ |
| vocative | श्रुति śruti | श्रुतियो śrutiyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “श्रुति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- শ্ৰুতি (Assamese script)
- শ্রুতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- શ્રુતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੑਰੁਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦿꦸꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- ឝ្រុតិ (Khmer script)
- ಶ್ರುತಿ (Kannada script)
- ຨ຺ຣຸຕິ (Lao script)
- ശ്രുതി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠤᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡵᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- ၐြုတိ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରୁତି (Oriya script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑗜𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රුති (Sinhalese script)
- శ్రుతి (Telugu script)
- ศฺรุติ (Thai script)
- ཤྲུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śrútiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćrútiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlú-ti-s, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Old English hlūd (whence English loud), Lithuanian klausa, Proto-Slavic *sluxъ (whence Polish słuch, Russian слух (slux), Old Church Slavonic слоухъ (sluxŭ) (Glagolitic spelling ⱄⰾⱆⱈⱏ (sluxŭ)), Bulgarian слух (sluh)). Equivalent to श्रु (śru) + -ति (-ti).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾú.ti/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕɾu.t̪i/
Noun
श्रुति • (śrúti) f
- hearing, listening
- śrutim abhinīya — feigning to hear
- śrutiṃ vaco nugāṃ-√kṛ — to listen to a speech
- ear, organ or power of hearing
- the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle
- that which is heard or perceived with the ear, sound, noise
- an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word)
- rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay
- a saying, saw, word
- that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brahmans from generation to generation, the Veda
- (music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, and two a semitone; they are said to be personified as nymphs)
- name, title
- learning, scholarship
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति (śrúti) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्रुतिः śrútiḥ | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ |
| Vocative | श्रुते śrúte | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ |
| Accusative | श्रुतिम् śrútim | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतीः śrútīḥ |
| Instrumental | श्रुत्या śrútyā | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभिः śrútibhiḥ |
| Dative | श्रुतये / श्रुत्ये¹ / श्रुत्यै² śrútaye / śrútye¹ / śrútyai² | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² | श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ | श्रुतीनाम् śrútīnām |
| Locative | श्रुतौ / श्रुत्याम्² śrútau / śrútyām² | श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ | श्रुतिषु śrútiṣu |
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
श्रुति • (śrúti) f
- (compare स्रुति (sruti)) course, path (?)
- the constellation, श्रवणा (śravaṇā)
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति (śrúti) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्रुतिः śrútiḥ | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ |
| Vocative | श्रुते śrúte | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ |
| Accusative | श्रुतिम् śrútim | श्रुती śrútī | श्रुतीः śrútīḥ |
| Instrumental | श्रुत्या śrútyā | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभिः śrútibhiḥ |
| Dative | श्रुतये / श्रुत्ये¹ / श्रुत्यै² śrútaye / śrútye¹ / śrútyai² | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² | श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām | श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² | श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ | श्रुतीनाम् śrútīnām |
| Locative | श्रुतौ / श्रुत्याम्² śrútau / śrútyām² | श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ | श्रुतिषु śrútiṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1101.