ह्वृ
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, “injustice”), Lithuanian žulas (“rough”), Latvian zveļu (“to turn aside”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦʋr̩/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɦʋr̩/
Root
ह्वृ • (hvṛ) 1P
- to deviate or diverge from the right line; to be crooked or curved; to bend; to go crookedly or wrongly or deviously; to stumble, fall, down
Derived terms
- ह्वरति (hvarati)