हृद्

See also: हद, हिंदू, हिंद, हृदा, and हिंदी

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰŕ̥d, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥d, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d-, oblique case stem of *ḱḗr (“heart”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛‎ (zərəd‎), Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardíā), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir), Old Church Slavonic срьдьцє (srĭdĭce), Latin cor, German Herz, Old English heorte (whence English heart).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦŕ̩d/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦr̩d̪/

Noun

हृद् • (hṛ́d) n

1. heart

   Synonym: हृदय (hṛ́daya)

2. soul, mind
3. the heart or interior of the body
4. breast, chest

Declension

Neuter d-stem declension of हृद्
Nom. sg.	हृत् (hṛt)
Gen. sg.	हृदः (hṛdaḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हृत् (hṛt)	हृदी (hṛdī)	हृन्दि (hṛndi)
Vocative	हृत् (hṛt)	हृदी (hṛdī)	हृन्दि (hṛndi)
Accusative	हृत् (hṛt)	हृदी (hṛdī)	हृन्दि (hṛndi)
Instrumental	हृदा (hṛdā)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyām)	हृद्भिः (hṛdbhiḥ)
Dative	हृदे (hṛde)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyām)	हृद्भ्यः (hṛdbhyaḥ)
Ablative	हृदः (hṛdaḥ)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyām)	हृद्भ्यः (hṛdbhyaḥ)
Genitive	हृदः (hṛdaḥ)	हृदोः (hṛdoḥ)	हृदाम् (hṛdām)
Locative	हृदि (hṛdi)	हृदोः (hṛdoḥ)	हृत्सु (hṛtsu)

References

• “हृद्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 666.
• Monier Williams (1899) “हृद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1302.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हृद्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 978