श्लाघ्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্লাঘ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬮᬵᬖ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• শ্লাঘ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰑𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀖𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ၐ္လာဃျ (Burmese script)
• શ્લાઘ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਲਾਘ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌘𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦯ꧀ꦭꦴꦓꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂐𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្លាឃ្យ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ລາຆ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ശ്ലാഘ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘑𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠯᠠᢗᠺᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧉𑧑𑦱𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐑𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଲାଘ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢭꢵꢕ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆔𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖑𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ශ‍්ලාඝ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑩟 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚍𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஶ்லாக்⁴ய (Tamil script)
• శ్లాఘ్య (Telugu script)
• ศฺลาฆฺย (Thai script)
• ཤླཱ་གྷྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒒𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨎𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root श्लाघ् (ślāgh, “to trust, praise”) +‎ -य (-ya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕlɑːɡʱ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕl̪ɑːɡʱ.jɐ/

Noun

श्लाघ्य • (ślāghya) stem, ? (root श्लाघ्)

1. Praised, praiseworthy
2. Respectable, venerable
3. Laudable, commendable

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ചാക്യാർ (cākyāṟ), ചാക്കിയർ (cākkiyaṟ); ശ്ലാഘ്യർ (ślāghyaṟ), ചാക്യാൻ (cākyāṉ), ശ്ലാഘ്യ (ślāghya), ശ്ലാഘ്യൻ (ślāghyaṉ)
• → Tamil: சாக்கையர் (cākkaiyar)
• → Kannada: ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ಯ (ślāghya)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “श्लाघ्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]