श्वित्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্বিত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬯᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শ্বিত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐွိတ် (Burmese script)
• શ્વિત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਵਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯ꧀ꦮꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ವಿತ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្វិត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ວິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ശ്വിത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠣᠸᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠸᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଵିତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢮꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශ‍්විත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶ்வித் (Tamil script)
• శ్విత్ (Telugu script)
• ศฺวิตฺ (Thai script)
• ཤྭི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“bright, shine; white”), an extension of *ḱwey-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta), Persian سفید (safêd), Proto-Slavic *světъ (“light, world”), Old English hwīt (whence English white).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋit/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕʋit̪/

Root

श्वित् • (śvit)

1. to be bright or white

Derived terms

• श्वेत (śvetá)
• श्वेतते (śvétate)
• अश्वितन् (áśvitan)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्वित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1106.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्वित्”, 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 181
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “श्वित्”, 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

• 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, pages 331, 332
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 340
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “628,629”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 628,629