श्रु

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Root

श्रु • (śru)

1. to listen, hear; learn

Derived terms

• शिश्रावयिषति, शुश्रावयिषति (śiśrāvayiṣati, śuśrāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
• शुश्रू (śuśrū)
• शुश्रूषते (śuśrūṣate, desiderative)
• शुश्रूषयति (śuśrūṣayati, causative of desiderative)
• शुश्रूष्यते (śuśrūṣyate, passive of desiderative)
• शृणुते (śṛṇute, 5 Ā)
• शृणोति (śṛṇoti, 5 P)
• शोश्रूयते, शोश्रवीति, शोश्रोति (śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti, intensive)
• श्रव (śrava)
• श्रवण (śravaṇa)
• श्राव (śrāva)
• श्रावयति (śrāvayati, causative)
• श्राव्यते (śrāvyate, passive of causative)
• श्रुण (śruṇa)
• श्रुत (śruta)
• श्रुतर्य (śrutarya)
• श्रुता (śrutā)
• श्रुति (śruti)
• श्रुत् (śrut)
• श्रूयते (śrūyate, passive)
• श्रोमत (śromata)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179