श्वित्
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- শ্বিত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬯᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শ্বিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐွိတ် (Burmese script)
- શ્વિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਵਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯ꧀ꦮꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ವಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្វិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ວິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ശ്വിത് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠣᠸᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠸᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ଵିତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢮꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශ්විත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶ்வித் (Tamil script)
- శ్విత్ (Telugu script)
- ศฺวิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཤྭི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“bright, shine; white”), an extension of *ḱwey-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta), Persian سفید (safêd), Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light, world”), Old English hwīt (whence English white).
Pronunciation
[edit]Root
[edit]श्वित् • (śvit)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “श्वित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1106.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्वित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 181
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्वित्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 331, 332
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 340
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 628,629, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 628,629