शॄ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • शर् (śar)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (to break). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (asarəta, unbroken), 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬌 (sari, piece, fragment), Ancient Greek κεραΐζω (keraḯzō, I tear, destroy), ακέραιος (akéraios, whole, intact), Old Irish do·cer (he fell), Tocharian B kärnau (disabled).

Pronunciation

Root

शॄ • (śṝ)

  1. to crush, rend, break, or shatter
  2. to kill (game)
  3. to be crushed, broken, rent or shattered
  4. to fall out or off
  5. to be worn out, decay, wither, fade

Derived terms

  • अशरीत् (aśarīt)
  • अशरैत् (aśarait)
  • अशारि (aśāri)
  • अशारीत् (aśārīt)
  • अशीर्य (aśīrya)
  • अशीशरत् (aśīśarat)
  • पराशर (parāśara)
  • पराशॄ (parāśṝ)
  • विशर (viśara)
  • शर (śara)
  • शरणि (śaraṇi)
  • शरारु (śarāru)
  • शरितोस् (śaritos)
  • शरिष्यते (śariṣyate)
  • शरीता (śarītā)
  • शरीतुम् (śarītum)
  • शरीतोस् (śarītos)
  • शरीष्यति (śarīṣyati)
  • शशरिथ (śaśaritha)
  • शशरुः (śaśaruḥ)
  • शशार (śaśāra)
  • शश्रुः (śaśruḥ)
  • शश्रे (śaśre)
  • शारयति (śārayati)
  • शारि (śāri)
  • शाशर्ति (śāśarti)
  • शिशरीषति (śiśarīṣati)
  • शिशीर्षति (śiśīrṣati)
  • शीर्ति (śīrti)
  • शीर्यति (śīryati)
  • शीर्यते (śīryate)
  • शीर्यात् (śīryāt)
  • शृण (śṛṇa)
  • शृणाति (śṛṇāti)
  • शृणान (śṛṇāna)
  • शेशीर्यते (śeśīryate)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 176
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 617-8
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
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