श्रु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

श्रव् (śrav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শ্ৰু (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
শ্রু (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ၐြု (Burmese script)
શ્રુ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ರು (Kannada script)
ឝ្រុ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
ശ്രു (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
ශ්‍රු (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
ஶ்ரு (Tamil script)
శ్రు (Telugu script)
ศฺรุ (Thai script)
ཤྲུ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Sanskrit श्रु (śru)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾu/

Root

श्रु • (śru)

to listen, hear; learn

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रु (0 c, 14 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रु (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

शृणोति (śṛṇóti) (Present)
शृणुते (śṛṇuté) (Present)
श्रोष्यति (śroṣyáti) (Future)
श्रोता (śrotā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अश्रोत् (áśrot) (Aorist)
अश्रौषीत् (áśrauṣīt) (Aorist)
श्रूयात् (śrūyā́t) (Benedictive)
शुश्राव (śuśrā́va) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

श्रूयते (śrūyáte) (Passive)
अश्रावि (áśrāvi) (Passive Aorist)
श्रावयति (śrāváyati) (Causative)
अशुश्रुवत् (áśuśruvat) (Causative Aorist)
श्राव्यते (śrāvyáte) (Passive of Causative)
शुश्रूषते (śúśrūṣate) (Desiderative)
शुश्रूषति (śúśrūṣati) (Desiderative)
शुश्रूष्यते (śuśrūṣyate) (Passive of Desiderative)
शुश्रूषयति (śuśrūṣayati) (Causative of Desiderative)
शिश्रावयिषति (śiśrāvayiṣati) (Desiderative of Causative)
शुश्रावयिषति (śuśrāvayiṣati) (Desiderative of Causative)
शोश्रूयते (śośrūyate) (Intensive)
शोश्रवीति (śośravīti) (Intensive)
शोश्रोति (śośroti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

श्रुत (śrutá) (Past Participle)
श्रोतुम् (śrótum) (Infinitive)
श्रुत्वा (śrutvā́) (Gerund)
श्रुत्य (śrútya) (Gerund)
श्रावम् (śrāvam) (Gerund)
श्रुत्य (śrútya) (Gerundive)
श्रव्य (śravya) (Gerundive)
श्रवणीय (śravaṇī́ya) (Gerundive)
श्रोतव्य (śrotavyà) (Gerundive)
श्रावणीय (śrāvaṇī́ya) (Causative Gerundive)
श्रावयितव्य (śrāvayitavyà) (Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

श्रू (śrū)
श्रव (śráva)
श्रवाय्य (śravā́yya)
श्राव (śrāva)
श्रावक (śrāvaka)
श्राविन् (śrāvin)
श्राव्य (śrāvya)
श्रवण (śravaṇa)
श्रावण (śrāvaṇa)
श्रवस् (śravas)
श्लोक (ślóka)
श्रुत् (śrut)
श्रुति (śrúti)
श्रोतु (śrotu)
श्रोतृ (śrotṛ)
श्रोत्र (śrótra)
श्रावितृ (śrāvitṛ)
श्रुधि (śrudhi)
श्रुण (śruṇa)
श्रोमत (śrómata)
श्रविष्ठ (śráviṣṭha)
श्रौषट् (śráuṣaṭ)
प्रशुश्रुक (praśuśruka)
शुश्रूस् (śuśrūs)
शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā)
शुश्रूषाक (śuśrūṣāka)
शुश्रूषिन् (śuśrūṣin)
शुश्रूष्य (śuśrūṣya)
शुश्रूषण (śuśrūṣaṇa)
शुश्रूषेन्य (śuśrūṣénya)
शुश्रूषु (śuśrūṣú)
शुश्रूषितृ (śuśrūṣitṛ)
शुश्रूषितव्य (śuśrūṣitavyá)
संश्रावयितृ (saṃśrāvayitṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

अनुश्रु (anuśru)
अभिश्रु (abhiśru)
आश्रु (āśru)
उपश्रु (upaśru)
परिश्रु (pariśru)
प्रतिश्रु (pratiśru)
विश्रु (viśru)
संश्रु (saṃśru)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 666-7

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “श्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.