श्रि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• श्रय् (śray)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰি (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬶ (Balinese script)
• শ্রি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြိ (Burmese script)
• શ્રિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រិ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ശ്രി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରି (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரி (Tamil script)
• శ్రి (Telugu script)
• ศฺริ (Thai script)
• ཤྲི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Sanskrit श्रि (śri)

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “lean”), giving κλῖμᾰξ (klîmăx, “ladder, staircase; climax”), κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă, “slope”) whence English climate; Latin clīnō (“lean”) whence English incline etc; English lean, Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō whence English ladder.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾi/

Root

श्रि • (śri)

1. to lean, rest, recline, cling to
2. to approach, resort to, tend to

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रि (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root श्रि (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• श्रयति (śráyati, Present)
• श्रयिष्यति (śrayiṣyati, Future)
• श्रयिता (śrayitā, Periphrastic Future)
• अश्रेत् (áśret, Aorist)
• अश्रैत् (áśrait, Aorist)
• शिश्राय (śiśrā́ya, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• श्रीयते (śrīyate, Passive)
• अश्रायि (áśrāyi, Passive Aorist)
• श्रापयति (śrāpayati, Causative)
• शिश्रयिषति (śiśrayiṣati, Desiderative)
• शिश्रीषति (śiśrīṣati, Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

• श्रित (śritá, Past Participle)
• श्रयितुम् (śrayitum, Infinitive)
• श्रयितवै (śrayitavaí, Infinitive)
• श्रयित्वा (śrayitvā, Gerund)
• श्रयणीय (śrayaṇīya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• श्रय (śraya)
• श्रयण (śrayaṇa)
• श्राय (śrāyá)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अधिश्रि (adhiśri)
• अपश्रि (apaśri)
• अभिश्रि (abhiśri)
• आश्रि (āśri)
• उच्छ्रि (ucchri)
• उपश्रि (upaśri)
• निश्रि (niśri)
• परिश्रि (pariśri)
• प्रश्रि (praśri)
• विश्रि (viśri)
• संश्रि (saṃśri)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्रि”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्रि”, 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
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śri”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚRAY”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 665

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 332
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0601”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0601