श्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• শ্রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြိ (Burmese script)
• શ્રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រិ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ശ്രി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରି (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரி (Tamil script)
• శ్రి (Telugu script)
• ศฺริ (Thai script)
• ཤྲི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Sanskrit श्रि (śri)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “lean”), giving κλῖμᾰξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase; climax”), κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “slope”) whence English climate; Latin clīnō (“lean”) whence English incline etc; English lean, Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō whence English ladder.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾi/

Root

श्रि • (śri)

1. to lean, rest, recline, cling to
2. to approach, resort to, tend to

Derived terms

• श्रयते (śráyate)
• श्रयति (śráyati)
• श्रित (śritá)
• श्रय (śraya)
• आश्रय (āśraya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098/1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्रि”, 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 179
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्रि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 665; 669

• 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, page 295
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 332
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0601”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0601