हृद्

See also: हद, हदें, हदों, हिंद, हिंदू, हिंदी, हौद, and हृदा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

হৃদ্ (Assamese script)
ᬳᬺᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
হৃদ্ (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰴𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀾𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဟၖဒ် (Burmese script)
હૃદ્ (Gujarati script)
ਹ੍ਰਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑍃𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦽꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑃂𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಹೃದ್ (Kannada script)
ហ្ឫទ៑ (Khmer script)
ຫ຺ຣິທ຺ (Lao script)
ഹൃദ് (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡵᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘵𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠾᠷᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧖𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐺𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ହୃଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢲꢺꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆸𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖴𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
හෘද් (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
ஹ்ரித்³ (Tamil script)
హృద్ (Telugu script)
หฺฤทฺ (Thai script)
ཧྲྀ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒵𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨼𑨉𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥d-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d-, oblique case stem of *ḱḗr (“heart”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛 (zərəd), Ancient Greek καρδίᾱ (kardíā), Hittite 𒆠𒅕 (kir), Old Church Slavonic срьдьце (srĭdĭce), Latin cor, German Herz, Old English heorte (whence English heart). Related to हृदय (hṛ́daya).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦŕ̩d/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦr̩d̪/

Noun

हृद् • (hṛ́d) stem, n

heart
Synonym: हृदय (hṛ́daya)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.43.1:
  कद्रु॒द्राय॒ प्रचे॑तसे मी॒ळ्हुष्ट॑माय॒ तव्य॑से ।
  वो॒चेम॒ शंत॑मं हृ॒दे ॥
  kádrudrā́ya prácetase mīḷhúṣṭamāya távyase.
  vocéma śáṃtamaṃ hṛdé.
  What shall we sing to Rudra, strong, most generous, excellently wise,
  That shall be dearest to his heart?
soul, mind
the heart or interior of the body
breast, chest

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of हृद्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हृत् (hṛ́t)	हृदी (hṛdī́)	हृदि (hṛ́di)
accusative	हृत् (hṛ́t)	हृदी (hṛdī́)	हृदि (hṛ́di)
instrumental	हृदा (hṛdā́)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyā́m)	हृद्भिः (hṛdbhíḥ)
dative	हृदे (hṛdé)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyā́m)	हृद्भ्यः (hṛdbhyáḥ)
ablative	हृदः (hṛdáḥ)	हृद्भ्याम् (hṛdbhyā́m)	हृद्भ्यः (hṛdbhyáḥ)
genitive	हृदः (hṛdáḥ)	हृदोः (hṛdóḥ)	हृदाम् (hṛdā́m)
locative	हृदि (hṛdí)	हृदोः (hṛdóḥ)	हृत्सु (hṛtsú)
vocative	हृत् (hṛ́t)	हृदी (hṛ́dī)	हृदि (hṛ́di)

The Vedic nom./acc.sg. is हार्दि (hā́rdi).

References

“हृद्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 666.
Monier Williams (1899) “हृद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1302, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हृद्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 978
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “hṛd”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 818