शत्रु

See also: शत्रू

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃət̪.ɾuː/

Noun

शत्रु • (śatru) m (Urdu spelling شترو‎)

1. enemy, adversary, foe

   Synonym: दुश्मन (duśman)

   Antonyms: मित्र (mitra), दोस्त (dost)

   शत्रु को पीछे हटना पड़ा। ― śatru ko pīche haṭnā paṛā. ― The enemy was forced to retreat.

Declension

Declension of शत्रु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शत्रु śatru	शत्रु śatru
oblique	शत्रु śatru	शत्रुओं śatruõ
vocative	शत्रु śatru	शत्रुओ śatruo

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “शत्रु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शत्रु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰᬢ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• শত্ৰু (Assamese script)
• শত্রু (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• શત્રુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਤੑਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦯꦠꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
• ឝត្រុ (Khmer script)
• ಶತ್ರು (Kannada script)
• ຨຕ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
• ശത്രു (Malayalam script)
• 𑘫𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢐᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• ᡧᠠᢠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• ၐတြု (Burmese script)
• 𑧋𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଶତ୍ରୁ (Oriya script)
• ꢯꢡ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖝𑖿𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
• ශත්රු (Sinhalese script)
• శత్రు (Telugu script)
• ศตฺรุ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཏྲུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śátruṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćátruš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱét-ru-s, from *ḱet- (“to be angry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κότος (kótos, “anger”), Irish cath (“battle”), German Hader (“strife”), Old Church Slavonic котора (kotora, “quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́t.ɾu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐt̪.ɾu/

Noun

शत्रु • (śátru) m

1. literally probably "overthrower"; enemy, foe
2. rival
3. a hostile king (especially a neighbouring king as a natural enemy)
4. the 6th astrological mansion, Var Yogay
5. Asparagus racemosus
6. name of an Asura

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of शत्रु (śátru)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शत्रुः śátruḥ	शत्रू śátrū	शत्रवः śátravaḥ
Vocative	शत्रो śátro	शत्रू śátrū	शत्रवः śátravaḥ
Accusative	शत्रुम् śátrum	शत्रू śátrū	शत्रून् śátrūn
Instrumental	शत्रुणा / शत्र्वा¹ śátruṇā / śátrvā¹	शत्रुभ्याम् śátrubhyām	शत्रुभिः śátrubhiḥ
Dative	शत्रवे / शत्र्वे² śátrave / śátrve²	शत्रुभ्याम् śátrubhyām	शत्रुभ्यः śátrubhyaḥ
Ablative	शत्रोः / शत्र्वः² śátroḥ / śátrvaḥ²	शत्रुभ्याम् śátrubhyām	शत्रुभ्यः śátrubhyaḥ
Genitive	शत्रोः / शत्र्वः² śátroḥ / śátrvaḥ²	शत्र्वोः śátrvoḥ	शत्रूणाम् śátrūṇām
Locative	शत्रौ śátrau	शत्र्वोः śátrvoḥ	शत्रुषु śátruṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Derived terms

• शत्रुघ्न (śatrughna)
• शत्रुत्व (śatrutvá)

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ހަތުރު‎ (haturu)
  • Sinhalese: සතුරා (saturā)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (śatru)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬢ᭄ᬭᬸ
  • Javanese: ꦱꦠꦿꦸ (satru)
    • → Indonesian: satru
• → Old Khmer: [script needed] (śatru)
  • → Khmer: សត្រូវ (sattrəw)
  • → Lao: ສັຕຣູ (sat rū)
  • → Thai: ศัตรู (sàt-dtruu)
• → Old Malay: [script needed] (śatru)
  • Malay: seteru
    • Indonesian: seteru
• → Old Tamil:
  • Tamil: சத்துரு (catturu)
• Pali: sattu
  • → Lao: ສັດຕູ (sat tū)

• → Bengali: শত্রু (śotru)
• → Gujarati: શત્રુ (śatru)
• → Hindi: शत्रु (śatru)
• → Kannada: ಶತ್ರು (śatru)
• → Malayalam: ശത്രു (śatru)
• → Marathi: शत्रू (śatrū)
• → Punjabi: ਸ਼ੱਤਰੂ (śattarū) / شترو‎ (śtro)
• → Telugu: శత్రువు (śatruvu), శత్రుడు (śatruḍu)

Further reading

• “श॑त्रु” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 536, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शत्रु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 307
• Monier Williams (1899), “शत्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051, column 1.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 828