स्फट्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬲ᭄ᬨᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
- স্ফট্ (Assamese script)
- স্ফট্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰿𑰣𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑁆𑀨𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
- સ્ફટ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸੑਫਟੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦱ꧀ꦦꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ស្ផដ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಸ್ಫಟ್ (Kannada script)
- ສ຺ຜຏ຺ (Lao script)
- സ്ഫട് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘭𑘿𑘣𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠹᠠᢌ (Mongolian script)
- ᠰᡦᠠᢞ (Manchu script)
- သ္ဖဋ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧍𑧠𑧃𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑑂𑐦𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସ୍ଫଟ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢱ꣄ꢧꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑇀𑆦𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖿𑖣𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ස්ඵට් (Sinhalese script)
- స్ఫట్ (Telugu script)
- สฺผฏฺ (Thai script)
- སྥ་ཊ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑓂𑒤𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pʰel- or *(s)pel- (“to split”) with a *-t- extension. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”), Old English speld (“splinter”), English split.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /spʰɐʈ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪pʰɐʈ/
Root
स्फट् • (sphaṭ)
- to burst, expand, split
Alternative forms
- स्फुट् (sphuṭ)
Derived terms
- स्फटति (spháṭati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्फट्”, 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), “स्फट्”, 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), “स्फट्”, 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 375
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 577
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0986