श्रुति

See also: शरत् and शर्त

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रुति (śrúti).

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 of श्रुति (fem i-stem)

श्रुति • (śruti) f

Declension of श्रुति (fem i-stem)

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

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śrútiṣ, 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).

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

Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति (śrúti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्रुतिः śrútiḥ	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ
Vocative	श्रुते śrúte	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ
Accusative	श्रुतिम् śrútim	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतीः śrútīḥ
Instrumental	श्रुत्या / श्रुती¹ śrútyā / śrútī¹	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभिः śrútibhiḥ
Dative	श्रुतये / श्रुत्यै² / श्रुती¹ śrútaye / śrútyai² / śrútī¹	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ
Ablative	श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² / श्रुत्यै³ śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² / śrútyai³	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ
Genitive	श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² / श्रुत्यै³ śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² / śrútyai³	श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ	श्रुतीनाम् śrútīnām
Locative	श्रुतौ / श्रुत्याम्² / श्रुता¹ śrútau / śrútyām² / śrútā¹	श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ	श्रुतिषु śrútiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

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श्रुति • (śrúti) stem, f

Feminine i-stem declension of श्रुति (śrúti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्रुतिः śrútiḥ	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ
Vocative	श्रुते śrúte	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतयः śrútayaḥ
Accusative	श्रुतिम् śrútim	श्रुती śrútī	श्रुतीः śrútīḥ
Instrumental	श्रुत्या / श्रुती¹ śrútyā / śrútī¹	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभिः śrútibhiḥ
Dative	श्रुतये / श्रुत्यै² / श्रुती¹ śrútaye / śrútyai² / śrútī¹	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ
Ablative	श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² / श्रुत्यै³ śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² / śrútyai³	श्रुतिभ्याम् śrútibhyām	श्रुतिभ्यः śrútibhyaḥ
Genitive	श्रुतेः / श्रुत्याः² / श्रुत्यै³ śrúteḥ / śrútyāḥ² / śrútyai³	श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ	श्रुतीनाम् śrútīnām
Locative	श्रुतौ / श्रुत्याम्² / श्रुता¹ śrútau / śrútyām² / śrútā¹	श्रुत्योः śrútyoḥ	श्रुतिषु śrútiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

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

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