शत्रु

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शत्रु (śatru).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃət̪.ɾuː/, [ʃɐt̪.ɾuː]

शत्रु • (śatru) m (Urdu spelling شترو)

1. enemy, adversary, foe

   Synonym: दुश्मन (duśman)

   Antonyms: मित्र (mitra), दोस्त (dost)

   शत्रु को पीछे हटना पड़ा। ― śatru ko pīche haṭnā paṛā. ― The enemy was forced to retreat.

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शत्रु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शत्रु”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Uncertain. Perhaps from a root *ḱet- (“to be angry”) and cognate with Ancient Greek κότος (kótos, “anger”), German Hader (“strife”), Irish cath (“battle”) (with unexpected a), Old Church Slavonic котора (kotora, “quarrel”) (with *ḱ > *k?).[1][2]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́t.ɾu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐt̪.ɾu/

शत्रु • (śátru) stem, m

1. literally probably "overthrower"; enemy, foe
2. rival
3. a hostile king (especially a neighbouring king as a natural enemy)
4. the 6th astrological mansion, Var Yogay
5. Asparagus racemosus
6. name of an Asura

• शत्रुघ्न (śatrughna)
• शत्रुत्व (śatrutvá)

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ހަތުރު (haturu)
  • Sinhalese: සතුරා (saturā)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (śatru)
  • → Balinese: ᬰᬢ᭄ᬭᬸ
  • Javanese: ꦱꦠꦿꦸ (satru)
    • → Indonesian: satru
• → Old Khmer: [script needed] (śatru)
  • → Khmer: សត្រូវ (sattrəw)
  • → Lao: ສັຕຣູ (sat rū)
  • → Thai: ศัตรู (sàt-dtruu)
• → Old Malay: [script needed] (śatru)
  • Malay: seteru
    • Indonesian: seteru
• → Old Tamil:
  • Tamil: சத்துரு (catturu)
• Pali: sattu
  • → Lao: ສັດຕູ (sat tū)

• → Bengali: শত্রু (śotru)
• → Gujarati: શત્રુ (śatru)
• → Hindi: शत्रु (śatru)
• → Kannada: ಶತ್ರು (śatru)
• → Malayalam: ശത്രു (śatru)
• → Marathi: शत्रू (śatrū)
• → Punjabi: ਸ਼ੱਤਰੂ (śattarū) / شترو (śtro)
• → Telugu: శత్రువు (śatruvu), శత్రుడు (śatruḍu)

• “श॑त्रु” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 536, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शत्रु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 307
• Monier Williams (1899) “शत्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1051, column 1.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 828