श्रुति

See also: शरत् and शर्त

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Sanskrit श्रु (śru)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti)bor.

Hindi श्रुति (śruti)

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɾʊ.t̪iː/

Noun

श्रुति • (śruti) f

hearing, listening
Synonym: सुनना (sunnā)
something heard, hearsay
(Hinduism) shruti: sacred knowledge of the Vedas traditionally transmitted orally
(music) shruti: the shortest discernable interval of pitch, 22 of which are in an octave

Declension

Declension of *श्रुति* (fem i-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियाँ śrutiyā̃
oblique	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियों śrutiyõ
vocative	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियो śrutiyo

Proper noun

श्रुति • (śruti) f

a female given name, Sruti or Shruti, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of *श्रुति* (fem i-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियाँ śrutiyā̃
oblique	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियों śrutiyõ
vocative	श्रुति śruti	श्रुतियो śrutiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्रुति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শ্ৰুতি (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শ্রুতি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐြုတိ (Burmese script)
શ્રુતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦿꦸꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ರುತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝ្រុតិ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣຸຕິ (Lao script)
ശ്രുതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ରୁତି (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශ්‍රුති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶ்ருதி (Tamil script)
శ్రుతి (Telugu script)
ศฺรุติ (Thai script)
ཤྲུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Sanskrit श्रु (śru)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćrútiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlú-ti-s, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Old English hlūd (whence English loud), Lithuanian klausa, Proto-Slavic *sluxъ (whence Polish słuch, Russian слух (slux), Old Church Slavonic слоухъ (sluxŭ) (Glagolitic spelling ⱄⰾⱆⱈⱏ (sluxŭ)), Bulgarian слух (sluh)). Equivalent to श्रु (śru) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾú.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾu.t̪i/

Noun

श्रुति • (śrúti) stem, f

hearing, listening
śrutim abhinīya — feigning to hear

śrutiṃ vaco nugāṃ-√kṛ — to listen to a speech
ear, organ or power of hearing
the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle
that which is heard or perceived with the ear, sound, noise
an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word)
rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay
a saying, saw, word
that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brahmans from generation to generation, the Veda
(music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, and two a semitone; they are said to be personified as nymphs)
name, title
learning, scholarship

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	श्रुतिः (śrútiḥ)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतयः (śrútayaḥ)
accusative	श्रुतिम् (śrútim)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतीः (śrútīḥ)
instrumental	श्रुत्या (śrútyā) श्रुती¹ (śrútī¹)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभिः (śrútibhiḥ)
dative	श्रुतये (śrútaye) श्रुत्यै² (śrútyai²) श्रुती¹ (śrútī¹)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभ्यः (śrútibhyaḥ)
ablative	श्रुतेः (śrúteḥ) श्रुत्याः² (śrútyāḥ²) श्रुत्यै³ (śrútyai³)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभ्यः (śrútibhyaḥ)
genitive	श्रुतेः (śrúteḥ) श्रुत्याः² (śrútyāḥ²) श्रुत्यै³ (śrútyai³)	श्रुत्योः (śrútyoḥ)	श्रुतीनाम् (śrútīnām)
locative	श्रुतौ (śrútau) श्रुत्याम्² (śrútyām²) श्रुता¹ (śrútā¹)	श्रुत्योः (śrútyoḥ)	श्रुतिषु (śrútiṣu)
vocative	श्रुते (śrúte)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतयः (śrútayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

Etymology 2

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Noun

श्रुति • (śrúti) stem, f

(compare स्रुति (sruti)) course, path (?)
the constellation, श्रवणा (śravaṇā)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	श्रुतिः (śrútiḥ)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतयः (śrútayaḥ)
accusative	श्रुतिम् (śrútim)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतीः (śrútīḥ)
instrumental	श्रुत्या (śrútyā) श्रुती¹ (śrútī¹)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभिः (śrútibhiḥ)
dative	श्रुतये (śrútaye) श्रुत्यै² (śrútyai²) श्रुती¹ (śrútī¹)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभ्यः (śrútibhyaḥ)
ablative	श्रुतेः (śrúteḥ) श्रुत्याः² (śrútyāḥ²) श्रुत्यै³ (śrútyai³)	श्रुतिभ्याम् (śrútibhyām)	श्रुतिभ्यः (śrútibhyaḥ)
genitive	श्रुतेः (śrúteḥ) श्रुत्याः² (śrútyāḥ²) श्रुत्यै³ (śrútyai³)	श्रुत्योः (śrútyoḥ)	श्रुतीनाम् (śrútīnām)
locative	श्रुतौ (śrútau) श्रुत्याम्² (śrútyām²) श्रुता¹ (śrútā¹)	श्रुत्योः (śrútyoḥ)	श्रुतिषु (śrútiṣu)
vocative	श्रुते (śrúte)	श्रुती (śrútī)	श्रुतयः (śrútayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “श्रुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1101.