स्वरति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্বৰতি (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬭᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• স্বরতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰨𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀭𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သွရတိ (Burmese script)
• સ્વરતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਵਰਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦫꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂩𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ವರತಿ (Kannada script)
• ស្វរតិ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ວຣຕິ (Lao script)
• സ്വരതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᡵᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘨𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢦᠷᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧈𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐬𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵରତି (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢬꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆫𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖨𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්වරති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑩼𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚤𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸ்வரதி (Tamil script)
• స్వరతి (Telugu script)
• สฺวรติ (Thai script)
• སྭ་ར་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒩𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨫𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swárati, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling, to speak loudly, to swear”). Cognate with English swear, German schwören, Russian свара (svara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐ.ɾɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.ɾɐ.t̪i/

Verb

स्वरति • (svarati) third-singular present indicative (root स्वृ, class 1, type P, present)

1. to sing
2. to make or utter a sound
3. to resound
4. to praise
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.67.9:

     हि॒न्वन्ति॒ सूर॒मुस्र॑य॒: पव॑मानं मधु॒श्चुत॑म्। अ॒भि गि॒रा सम॑स्वरन्॥

     hinvánti sū́ramúsraya: pávamānaṃ madhuścútam. abhí girā́ sámasvaran.

     The fingers express the purified honey-dropping heroic Soma; (the worshippers) hail him with praise.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्वरति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1285/1.