# श्रु
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* श्रव् (śrav)

### Alternative scripts

* শ্ৰু (Assamese script)
* ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
* শ্রু (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ၐြု (Burmese script)
* શ્રુ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಶ್ರು (Kannada script)
* ឝ្រុ (Khmer script)
* ຨ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
* ശ്രു (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
* ଶ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
* ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
* ශ්‍රු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
* ஶ்ரு (Tamil script)
* శ్రు (Telugu script)
* ศฺรุ (Thai script)
* ཤྲུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-, zero-grade of *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɾu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕɾu/

### Root

श्रु • (śru)
* to listen, hear; learn

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* शृणोति (śṛṇóti, Present)
* शृणुते (śṛṇuté, Present)
* श्रोष्यति (śroṣyáti, Future)
* श्रोता (śrotā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अश्रोत् (áśrot, Aorist)
* अश्रौषीत् (áśrauṣīt, Aorist)
* श्रूयात् (śrūyā́t, Benedictive)
* शुश्राव (śuśrā́va, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* श्रूयते (śrūyáte, Passive)
* अश्रावि (áśrāvi, Passive Aorist)
* श्रावयति (śrāváyati, Causative)
* अशुश्रुवत् (áśuśruvat, Causative Aorist)
* श्राव्यते (śrāvyáte, Passive of Causative)
* शुश्रूषते (śúśrūṣate, Desiderative)
* शुश्रूषति (śúśrūṣati, Desiderative)
* शुश्रूष्यते (śuśrūṣyate, Passive of Desiderative)
* शुश्रूषयति (śuśrūṣayati, Causative of Desiderative)
* शिश्रावयिषति (śiśrāvayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* शुश्रावयिषति (śuśrāvayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* शोश्रूयते (śośrūyate, Intensive)
* शोश्रवीति (śośravīti, Intensive)
* शोश्रोति (śośroti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* श्रुत (śrutá, Past Participle)
* श्रोतुम् (śrótum, Infinitive)
* श्रुत्वा (śrutvā́, Gerund)
* श्रुत्य (śrútya, Gerund)
* श्रावम् (śrāvam, Gerund)
* श्रुत्य (śrútya, Gerundive)
* श्रव्य (śravya, Gerundive)
* श्रवणीय (śravaṇī́ya, Gerundive)
* श्रोतव्य (śrotavyà, Gerundive)
* श्रावणीय (śrāvaṇī́ya, Causative Gerundive)
* श्रावयितव्य (śrāvayitavyà, Causative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* श्रू (śrū)
* श्रव (śráva)
* श्रवाय्य (śravā́yya)
* श्राव (śrāva)
* श्रावक (śrāvaka)
* श्राविन् (śrāvin)
* श्राव्य (śrāvya)
* श्रवण (śravaṇa)
* श्रावण (śrāvaṇa)
* श्रवस् (śravas)
* श्लोक (ślóka)
* श्रुत् (śrut)
* श्रुति (śrúti)
* श्रोतु (śrotu)
* श्रोतृ (śrotṛ)
* श्रोत्र (śrótra)
* श्रावितृ (śrāvitṛ)
* श्रुधि (śrudhi)
* श्रुण (śruṇa)
* श्रोमत (śrómata)
* श्रविष्ठ (śráviṣṭha)
* श्रौषट् (śráuṣaṭ)
* प्रशुश्रुक (praśuśruka)
* शुश्रूस् (śuśrūs)
* शुश्रूषा (śuśrūṣā)
* शुश्रूषाक (śuśrūṣāka)
* शुश्रूषिन् (śuśrūṣin)
* शुश्रूष्य (śuśrūṣya)
* शुश्रूषण (śuśrūṣaṇa)
* शुश्रूषेन्य (śuśrūṣénya)
* शुश्रूषु (śuśrūṣú)
* शुश्रूषितृ (śuśrūṣitṛ)
* शुश्रूषितव्य (śuśrūṣitavyá)
* संश्रावयितृ (saṃśrāvayitṛ)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुश्रु (anuśru)
* अभिश्रु (abhiśru)
* आश्रु (āśru)
* उपश्रु (upaśru)
* परिश्रु (pariśru)
* प्रतिश्रु (pratiśru)
* विश्रु (viśru)
* संश्रु (saṃśru)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 666-7

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “श्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1100, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.