# श्रद्धा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃɾəd̪.d̪ʱɑː/, [ʃɾɐd̪̚.d̪ʱäː]

### Noun

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f
* faith, belief

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi श्रद्धा (śraddhā), from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕɾəd̪.d̪ʱa/

### Noun

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f
* faith, belief
* reverence, veneration

#### Declension
### Proper noun

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā) f
* a female given name, Shraddha, from Sanskrit

#### Related terms

* श्रद्धाळू (śraddhāḷū)
* अंधश्रद्धा (andhaśraddhā)
* श्रद्धेय (śraddhey)

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “श्रद्धा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শ্ৰদ্ধা (Assamese script)
* ᬰ᭄ᬭᬤ᭄ᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
* শ্রদ্ধা (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ၐြဒ္ဓါ (Burmese script)
* શ્રદ્ધા (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼੍ਰਦ੍ਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦿꦢ꧀ꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾ (Kannada script)
* ឝ្រទ្ធា (Khmer script)
* ຨ຺ຣທ຺ຘາ (Lao script)
* ശ്രദ്ധാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡵᠠᡩᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠷᠠᢑᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑦿𑧠𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧା (Odia script)
* ꢯ꣄ꢬꢣ꣄ꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ශ්‍රද‍්ධා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஶ்ரத்³த⁴ா (Tamil script)
* శ్రద్ధా (Telugu script)
* ศฺรทฺธา (Thai script)
* ཤྲ་དྡྷཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćradᶻdʰáH (“faith, trust, belief”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, to believe”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (zrazdā), Latin crēdō (“I believe”), Old Irish creitid.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɾɐd.dʱɑ́ː/, [ɕɾɐd̚.dʱɑ́ː]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɾɐd̪.d̪ʱɑː/, [ˈɕɾɐd̪̚.d̪ʱɑː]

### Noun

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā́) stem, f
* faith, trust, confidence, loyalty, belief in
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.113.2:आ प॑वस्व दिशां पत आर्जी॒कात्सो॑म मीढ्वः । ऋ॒त॒वा॒केन॑ स॒त्येन॑ श्र॒द्धया॒ तप॑सा सु॒त इन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव ॥ā́ pavasva diśāṃ pata ārjīkā́tsoma mīḍhvaḥ. ṛtavākéna satyéna śraddháyā tápasā sutá índrāyendo pári srava.Lord of the Quarters, flow thou on, boon Soma, from Arjika land, Effused with ardour and with faith, and the true hymn of sacrifice. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
* expectation, desire

#### Declension
### Proper noun

श्रद्धा • (śraddhā́) stem, f
* the personification of faith as a goddess

#### Derived terms

* श्राद्ध (śrāddha)

#### Descendants

* Pali: saddhā
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), 𑀲𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸 (saḍḍhā)
** Central:
*** Hindustani: sādh, sād
**** Hindi: साध, साद
**** Urdu: سادھ, ساد
** Eastern:
*** Bengali: সাধ (śadh), সাদ (śad)
*** Odia: ସାଧ (sādha), ସାଦ (sāda)
*** Bihari:
**** Bhojpuri: साध (sādh)
** Northwestern:
*** Sindhi: sadha
    Arabic script: سَڌَ
    Devanagari script: सध
** Southern:
*** Sinhalese: අදවු (adawu), සැදැහැ (sædæhæ), ඇදහිල්ල (ædahilla)
* → Old Marathi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā)
** Marathi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā)
* → Hindi: श्रद्धा (śraddhā) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆ (śraddhe) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “श्रद्धा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 663
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śraddhā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press