स्रवति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráwati, from Proto-Indo-European *sréw-e-ti (“flow, stream”), from *srew-.[1] Cognate with Parthian 𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫅‎ (rʾwynd, “to pour off”, 3pl.pres.),[2] Old Armenian առոգեմ (aṙogem), Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō), Lithuanian sravė́ti.

Pronunciation

Verb

स्रवति • (srávati) (root स्रु, class 1, type parasmaipada)[3]

  1. to flow, stream
  2. to leak, drip
  3. to perish, fail
  4. to issue, arise [+accusative = to]
  5. (finance) to accrue

References

  1. ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
  2. ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*hrau”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
  3. ↑ 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 1274
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.