ह्वृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ह्वल् (hval)
• हुस् (hus)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, “injustice”), Lithuanian žulas (“rough”), Latvian zveļu (“to turn aside”). Doublet of ह्वल् (hval) and हुस् (hus).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦʋr̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦʋr̩/

Root

ह्वृ • (hvṛ) 1P

1. to deviate or diverge from the right line
2. to be crooked, curved or bent
3. to go crookedly, wrongly or deviously
4. to stumble or fall down

Derived terms

• ह्वरति (hvarati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ह्वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308.