शृणोति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৃণোতি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬺᬡᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• শৃণোতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰴𑰜𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀾𑀡𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐၖဏောတိ (Burmese script)
• શૃણોતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਣੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦽꦟꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑃂𑂝𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೃಣೋತಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្ឫណោតិ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣິໂຓຕິ (Lao script)
• ശൃണോതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳᢏᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘵𑘜𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢᢏᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧖𑦼𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐺𑐞𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶୃଣୋତି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢺꢠꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆸𑆟𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖴𑖜𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශෘණොති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩙𑩪𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚘𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரிணோதி (Tamil script)
• శృణోతి (Telugu script)
• ศฺฤโณติ (Thai script)
• ཤྲྀ་ཎོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒵𑒝𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨘𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti, from *ḱlew-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (surunaoⁱti), Tocharian A käln-, Irish cluin, Old Church Slavonic слꙋшати (slušati), Old English hlysnan (whence English listen).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩.ɳɐ́w.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩ˈɳoː.t̪i/

Verb

शृणोति • (śṛṇóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root श्रु)

1. to listen, hear

Conjugation

Present: शृणोति (śṛṇóti), शृणुते (śṛṇuté) or शृण्वे (śṛṇvé)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	शृणोति śṛṇóti	शृणुतः śṛṇutáḥ	शृण्वन्ति śṛṇvánti	शृणुते / शृण्वे¹ śṛṇuté / śṛṇvé¹	शृण्वाते śṛṇvā́te	शृण्वते / शृण्विरे¹ śṛṇváte / śṛṇviré¹
Second	शृणोषि śṛṇóṣi	शृणुथः śṛṇutháḥ	शृणुथ śṛṇuthá	शृणुषे / शृण्विषे¹ śṛṇuṣé / śṛṇviṣé¹	शृण्वाथे śṛṇvā́the	शृणुध्वे śṛṇudhvé
First	शृणोमि śṛṇómi	शृण्वः / शृणुवः śṛṇváḥ / śṛṇuváḥ	शृण्मः / शृण्मसि¹ / शृणुमः / शृणुमसि¹ śṛṇmáḥ / śṛṇmási¹ / śṛṇumáḥ / śṛṇumási¹	शृण्वे śṛṇvé	शृण्वहे / शृणुवहे śṛṇváhe / śṛṇuváhe	शृण्महे / शृणुमहे śṛṇmáhe / śṛṇumáhe
Imperative
Third	शृणोतु śṛṇótu	शृणुताम् śṛṇutā́m	शृण्वन्तु śṛṇvántu	शृणुताम् śṛṇutā́m	शृण्वाताम् śṛṇvā́tām	शृण्वताम् śṛṇvátām
Second	शृणु / शृणुहि¹ / शृणुधि¹ śṛṇú / śṛṇuhí¹ / śṛṇudhí¹	शृणुतम् śṛṇutám	शृणुत / शृणोत¹ / शृणोतन¹ śṛṇutá / śṛṇóta¹ / śṛṇótana¹	शृणुष्व śṛṇuṣvá	शृण्वाथाम् śṛṇvā́thām	शृणुध्वम् śṛṇudhvám
First	शृणवानि śṛṇávāni	शृणवाव śṛṇávāva	शृणवाम śṛṇávāma	शृणवै śṛṇávai	शृणवावहै śṛṇávāvahai	शृणवामहै śṛṇávāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	शृणुयात् śṛṇuyā́t	शृणुयाताम् śṛṇuyā́tām	शृणुयुः śṛṇuyúḥ	शृण्वीत śṛṇvītá	शृण्वीयाताम् śṛṇvīyā́tām	शृण्वीरन् śṛṇvīrán
Second	शृणुयाः śṛṇuyā́ḥ	शृणुयातम् śṛṇuyā́tam	शृणुयात śṛṇuyā́ta	शृण्वीथाः śṛṇvīthā́ḥ	शृण्वीयाथाम् śṛṇvīyā́thām	शृण्वीध्वम् śṛṇvīdhvám
First	शृणुयाम् śṛṇuyā́m	शृणुयाव śṛṇuyā́va	शृणुयाम śṛṇuyā́ma	शृण्वीय śṛṇvīyá	शृण्वीवहि śṛṇvīváhi	शृण्वीमहि śṛṇvīmáhi
Subjunctive
Third	शृणवत् / शृणवति śṛṇávat / śṛṇávati	शृणवतः śṛṇávataḥ	शृणवन् śṛṇávan	शृणवते / शृणवातै śṛṇávate / śṛṇávātai	शृणवैते śṛṇávaite	शृणवन्त / शृणवान्तै śṛṇávanta / śṛṇávāntai
Second	शृणवः / शृणवसि śṛṇávaḥ / śṛṇávasi	शृणवथः śṛṇávathaḥ	शृणवथ śṛṇávatha	शृणवसे / शृणवासै śṛṇávase / śṛṇávāsai	शृणवैथे śṛṇávaithe	शृणवध्वे / शृणवाध्वै śṛṇávadhve / śṛṇávādhvai
First	शृणवानि / शृणवा śṛṇávāni / śṛṇávā	शृणवाव śṛṇávāva	शृणवाम śṛṇávāma	शृणवै śṛṇávai	शृणवावहै śṛṇávāvahai	शृणवामहै śṛṇávāmahai
Participles
	शृण्वत् śṛṇvát			शृण्वान śṛṇvāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अशृणोत् (áśṛṇot), अशृणुत (áśṛṇuta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अशृणोत् áśṛṇot	अशृणुताम् áśṛṇutām	अशृन्वन् áśṛnvan	अशृणुत áśṛṇuta	अशृन्वाताम् áśṛnvātām	अशृन्वत áśṛnvata
Second	अशृणोः áśṛṇoḥ	अशृणुतम् áśṛṇutam	अशृणुत áśṛṇuta	अशृणुथाः áśṛṇuthāḥ	अशृन्वाथाम् áśṛnvāthām	अशृणुध्वम् áśṛṇudhvam
First	अशृणवम् áśṛṇavam	अशृण्व / अशृणुव áśṛṇva / áśṛṇuva	अशृण्म / अशृणुम áśṛṇma / áśṛṇuma	अशृन्वि áśṛnvi	अशृण्वहि / अशृणुवहि áśṛṇvahi / áśṛṇuvahi	अशृण्महि / अशृणुमहि áśṛṇmahi / áśṛṇumahi

Related terms

• श्रावयति (śrāváyati)
• श्रुति (śrúti)
• श्रुत (śrutá)
• श्रोमत (śrómata)
• श्रवस् (śrávas)
• श्रोत्र (śrótra)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀇 (suṇaï) (see there for further descendants)
• Pali: suṇāti

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शृणोति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100/3.