स्पृह्

स्पृह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬧᬺᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্পৃহ্ (Assamese script)
• স্পৃহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰴𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀾𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• સ્પૃહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਪ੍ਹਹੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦥꦽꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ស្ប្ឫហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ಪೃಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ປ຺ຣິຫ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്പൃഹ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘵𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢒᠷᢈᠾ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᢒᡵᡳᡥ (Manchu script)
• သ္ပၖဟ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧂𑧖𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐺𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ପୃହ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢦꢺꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆸𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖴𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස්පෘහ් (Sinhalese script)
• స్పృహ్ (Telugu script)
• สฺปฺฤหฺ (Thai script)
• སྤྲྀ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒵𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ- (“to move energetically, hurry, spring”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to set in rapid motion, haste, hurry”), English spring.

Other possible cognates include Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push”), Proto-Slavic *pręsti (“to spin”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spr̩ɦ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪pr̩ɦ/

Root

स्पृह् • (spṛh)

1. to be eager, desire eagerly, long for
2. to envy, be jealous of

Derived terms

• स्पृहयति (spṛháyati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्पृह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1269.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 197
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्पृह्”, 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
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्पृह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• 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 397
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 581
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0998