श्लाघ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্লাঘ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬮᬵᬖ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শ্লাঘ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰩𑰯𑰑𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀮𑀸𑀖𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐ္လာဃ် (Burmese script)
• શ્લાઘ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਲਾਘ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑌾𑌘𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯ꧀ꦭꦴꦓ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂪𑂰𑂐𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ಲಾಘ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្លាឃ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ລາຆ຺ (Lao script)
• ശ്ലാഘ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘩𑘰𑘑𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠯᠠᢗᠺᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧉𑧑𑦱𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐮𑐵𑐑𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଲାଘ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢭꢵꢕ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆬𑆳𑆔𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖩𑖯𑖑𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශ‍්ලාඝ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩽𑩛𑩟 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚥𑚭𑚍𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶ்லாக்⁴ (Tamil script)
• శ్లాఘ్ (Telugu script)
• ศฺลาฆฺ (Thai script)
• ཤླཱ་གྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒪𑒰𑒒𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨬𑨊𑨎𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕlɑːɡʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕl̪ɑːɡʱ/

Root

श्लाघ् • (ślāgh)

1. to trust, confide in
2. to talk confidently, vaunt, boast
3. to coax, flatter, wheedle
4. to praise, commend

Derived terms

• श्लाघते (ślā́ghate)

 

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ശ്ലാഘിക്കുക (ślāghikkuka) (learned)
• → Tamil: சிலாகி (cilāki)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्लाघ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1103.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्लाघ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 180
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्लाघ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016