श्रुति
Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɾʊ.t̪iː/
Noun
श्रुति • (śruti) f
- hearing, listening
- Synonym: सुनना (sunnā)
- something heard, hearsay
- (Hinduism) shruti: sacred knowledge of the Vedas traditionally transmitted orally
- (music) shruti: the shortest discernable interval of pitch, 22 of which are in an octave
Declension
| Declension of श्रुति | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतियाँ (śrutiyā̃) |
| Oblique | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतियों (śrutiyõ) |
| Vocative | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतियो (śrutiyo) |
Proper noun
श्रुति • (śruti) f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Sruti..
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “श्रुति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-ti-.
Noun
श्रुति • (śrúti) f
- hearing, listening
- śrutim abhinīya — feigning to hear
- śrutiṃ vaco nugāṃ-√kṛ — to listen to a speech
- ear, organ or power of hearing
- the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle
- that which is heard or perceived with the ear, sound, noise
- an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word)
- rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay
- a saying, saw, word
- that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brahmans from generation to generation, the Veda
- (music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, and two a semitone; they are said to be personified as nymphs)
- name, title
- learning, scholarship
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतयः (śrutayaḥ) |
| Vocative | श्रुते (śrute) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतयः (śrutayaḥ) |
| Accusative | श्रुतिम् (śrutim) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतीः (śrutīḥ) |
| Instrumental | श्रुत्या (śrutyā) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभिः (śrutibhiḥ) |
| Dative | श्रुत्यै / श्रुतये (śrutyai / śrutaye) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभ्यः (śrutibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभ्यः (śrutibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | श्रुत्योः (śrutyoḥ) | श्रुतीनाम् (śrutīnām) |
| Locative | श्रुत्याम् / श्रुतौ (śrutyām / śrutau) | श्रुत्योः (śrutyoḥ) | श्रुतिषु (śrutiṣu) |
Etymology 2
Noun
श्रुति • (śrúti) f
- (compare स्रुति (sruti)) course, path (?)
- the constellation, श्रवणा (śravaṇā)
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतयः (śrutayaḥ) |
| Vocative | श्रुते (śrute) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतयः (śrutayaḥ) |
| Accusative | श्रुतिम् (śrutim) | श्रुती (śrutī) | श्रुतीः (śrutīḥ) |
| Instrumental | श्रुत्या (śrutyā) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभिः (śrutibhiḥ) |
| Dative | श्रुत्यै / श्रुतये (śrutyai / śrutaye) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभ्यः (śrutibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrutibhyām) | श्रुतिभ्यः (śrutibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | श्रुत्याः / श्रुतेः (śrutyāḥ / śruteḥ) | श्रुत्योः (śrutyoḥ) | श्रुतीनाम् (śrutīnām) |
| Locative | श्रुत्याम् / श्रुतौ (śrutyām / śrutau) | श्रुत्योः (śrutyoḥ) | श्रुतिषु (śrutiṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1101
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