स्मि

स्मि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
• স্মি (Assamese script)
• স্মি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
• સ્મિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
• ស្មិ (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ಮಿ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ມິ (Lao script)
• സ്മി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠮᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
• သ္မိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ମି (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ස්මි (Sinhalese script)
• స్మి (Telugu script)
• สฺมิ (Thai script)
• སྨི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey- (“to laugh, be glad”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μειδᾰ́ω (meidáō, “smile”), Proto-Slavic *smьjàti (“to laugh”), Latin mīrus (“wonderful”) the source of English admire etc.; Latin smieties (“laugh”); English smile and possibly smirk.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /smi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪mi/

Root

स्मि • (smi)

1. to smile, blush
2. to become red or radiant
3. to laugh
4. to be proud or arrogant

Derived terms

• स्मयते (smáyate)
• स्मित (smitá)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1271.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 198
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्मि”, 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), “स्मि”, 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 360
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 568
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0967