स्पर्ध्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্পৰ্ধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬧᬃᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্পর্ধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ပရ်္ဓ် (Burmese script)
• સ્પર્ધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਪਰ੍ਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦥꦂꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಪರ್ಧ್ (Kannada script)
• ស្បធ៌៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ປຣ຺ຘ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്പര്ധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᡵᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᠷᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ପର୍ଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢦꢬ꣄ꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්පර්‍ධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்பர்த்⁴ (Tamil script)
• స్పర్ధ్ (Telugu script)
• สฺปรฺธฺ (Thai script)
• སྤ་རྡྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sperdʰ- (“to compete, contest, struggle”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (iš-par-zi-zi /⁠išpartzi⁠/), Proto-Germanic *spurdz (“racecourse, racetrack”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spɐɾdʱ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪pɐɾd̪ʱ/

Root

स्पर्ध् • (spardh) 1 A

1. to compete, rival, emulate, vie
2. to contend, struggle

Derived terms

• स्पर्धते (spárdhate)
• स्पूर्ध (spūrdha)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्पर्ध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 196
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्पर्ध्”, 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) “स्पर्ध्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 580
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0995, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0995