श्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • श्रय् (śray)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Root

    श्रि • (śri)

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

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रि (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रि (3 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • श्रयति (śráyati) (Present)
    • श्रयिष्यति (śrayiṣyati) (Future)
    • श्रयिता (śrayitā) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अश्रेत् (áśret) (Aorist)
    • अश्रैत् (áśrait) (Aorist)
    • शिश्राय (śiśrā́ya) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • श्रीयते (śrīyate) (Passive)
    • अश्रायि (áśrāyi) (Passive Aorist)
    • श्रापयति (śrāpayati) (Causative)
    • शिश्रयिषति (śiśrayiṣati) (Desiderative)
    • शिश्रीषति (śiśrīṣati) (Desiderative)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • श्रित (śritá) (Past Participle)
    • श्रयितुम् (śrayitum) (Infinitive)
    • श्रयितवै (śrayitavaí) (Infinitive)
    • श्रयित्वा (śrayitvā) (Gerund)
    • श्रयणीय (śrayaṇīya) (Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • श्रय (śraya)
    • श्रयण (śrayaṇa)
    • श्राय (śrāyá)
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अधिश्रि (adhiśri)
    • अपश्रि (apaśri)
    • अभिश्रि (abhiśri)
    • आश्रि (āśri)
    • उच्छ्रि (ucchri)
    • उपश्रि (upaśri)
    • निश्रि (niśri)
    • परिश्रि (pariśri)
    • प्रश्रि (praśri)
    • विश्रि (viśri)
    • संश्रि (saṃśri)

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्रि”, 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
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śri”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚRAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 665