स्तु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তু (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
• স্তু (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တု (Burmese script)
• સ્તુ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತು (Kannada script)
• ស្តុ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
• സ്തു (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஸ்து (Tamil script)
• స్తు (Telugu script)
• สฺตุ (Thai script)
• སྟུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪u/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *staw-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *staw-, from Proto-Indo-European *stew- (“to praise”).

Cognate with Persian ستودن (setudan, “to praise, extol”), Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, “to promise or threaten that one will”), Hittite [script needed] (istuwa-, “to become public”).

Alternative forms

• स्तव् (stav)

Root

स्तु • (stu)

1. to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• स्तौति॑ (stáuti, present)
• स्तव॑ते (stávate, present)
• स्तुनोति (stunoti, present)
• स्तो॒ष्यति॑ (stoṣyáti, future)
• स्त॒वि॒ष्यति॑ (staviṣyáti, future)
• स्तोता (stotā, periphrastic future)
• अस्तौ॑षीत् (ástauṣīt, aorist)
• अस्ता॑वीत् (ástāvīt, aorist)
• स्तूयात् (stūyāt, benedictive)
• तु॒ष्टाव॑ (tuṣṭā́va, perfect)
• स्तोषि (stoṣi, si-imperative)

Secondary forms

• स्तू॒यते॑ (stūyáte, present passive)
• अस्ता॑वि (ástāvi, aorist passive)
• स्ता॒वय॑ति (stāváyati, causative)
• अतु॑ष्टवत् (átuṣṭavat, causative aorist)
• अतु॑ष्टुवत् (átuṣṭuvat, causative aorist)
• तुष्टूषति (tuṣṭūṣati, desiderative)
• तोष्टूयते (toṣṭūyate, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• स्तु॒त (stutá, past passive participle)
• स्तोतुम् (stotum, infinitive)
• स्तोत॑वे (stótave, infinitive)
• स्त॒वध्यै॑ (stavádhyai, infinitive)
• स्तु॒त्वा (stutvā́, gerund)
• स्तुत्य॑ (stútya, gerund)
• स्तोतव्य (stotavya, gerundive)
• स्तव्य (stavya, gerundive)
• स्तुत्य (stutya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• स्तव॑ (stáva)
• स्त॒वथ॑ (stavátha)
• स्तवन (stavana)
• स्ताव (stāva)
• स्तावक (stāvaka)
• स्तुत् (stút)
• स्तु॒ति (stutí)
• स्तु॒षेय्य॑ (stuṣéyya)
• स्तो॒तृ (stotṛ́)
• स्तोम॑ (stóma)
• स्तो॒त्र (stotrá)

Prefixed root forms

• अभिष्टु (abhiṣṭu)
• अतिष्टु (atiṣṭu)
• अनुष्टु (anuṣṭu)
• उपस्तु (upastu)
• परिष्टु (pariṣṭu)
• प्रस्तु (prastu)
• संस्तु (saṃstu)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्तु (1 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्तु (9 c, 0 e)

Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from the nominal forms below. Pokorny derives this root from Proto-Indo-European *stewH- (“to congeal, condense”), perhaps understood as a variant/extension of *steh₂- (“to stand”). Related to Ancient Greek στύω (stúō, “to become stiff”) and Proto-Slavic *stȗdъ (“cold”).

Root

स्तु • (stu)

1. to clot, be clotted or conglomerated
2. to trickle

Derived terms

Derived nominal forms

• पृथुष्टु (pṛthuṣṭu)
• केशस्तुक (keśastuka)
• स्तुका॑ (stúkā)
• स्तुकी (stukī)
• स्तुत (stuta)
• स्तु॒प (stupá)
• स्तूप (stūpa)
• स्तो॒क (stoká)
• स्तोकीय (stokīya)
• स्तोक्य॑ (stókya)
• स्तुक (stuka)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्तु (clot) (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्तु (clot) not found

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1259, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 193
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्तु”, 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
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्तु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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