स्तु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • स्तव् (stav)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *staw-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *staw-, from Proto-Indo-European *stew- (to praise).

    Cognate with Persian ستودن (setudan, to praise, extol), Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, to promise or threaten that one will), Hittite [script needed] (istuwa-, to become public).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    स्तु • (stu)

    1. to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root स्तु (0 c, 7 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root स्तु (7 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • स्तौति (stáuti) (Present)
    • स्तवते (stávate) (Present)
    • स्तुनोति (stunoti) (Present)
    • स्तोष्यति (stoṣyáti) (Future)
    • स्तविष्यति (staviṣyáti) (Future)
    • स्तोता (stotā) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अस्तौषीत् (ástauṣīt) (Aorist)
    • अस्तावीत् (ástāvīt) (Aorist)
    • स्तूयात् (stūyāt) (Benedictive)
    • तुष्टाव (tuṣṭā́va) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • स्तूयते (stūyáte) (Passive)
    • अस्तावि (ástāvi) (Passive Aorist)
    • स्तावयति (stāváyati) (Causative)
    • अतुष्टवत् (átuṣṭavat) (Causative Aorist)
    • अतुष्टुवत् (átuṣṭuvat) (Causative Aorist)
    • तुष्टूषति (tuṣṭūṣati) (Desiderative)
    • तोष्टूयते (toṣṭūyate) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • स्तुत (stutá) (Past Participle)
    • स्तोतुम् (stotum) (Infinitive)
    • स्तोतवे (stótave) (Infinitive)
    • स्तवध्यै (stavádhyai) (Infinitive)
    • स्तुत्वा (stutvā́) (Gerund)
    • स्तुत्य (stútya) (Gerund)
    • स्तोतव्य (stotavya) (Gerundive)
    • स्तव्य (stavya) (Gerundive)
    • स्तुत्य (stutya) (Gerundive)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अभिष्टु (abhiṣṭu)
    • अतिष्टु (atiṣṭu)
    • अनुष्टु (anuṣṭu)
    • उपस्तु (upastu)
    • परिष्टु (pariṣṭu)
    • प्रस्तु (prastu)
    • संस्तु (saṃstu)

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्तु”, 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
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्तु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “STAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 757-8
    • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 475-6
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366