# श्रि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* श्रय् (śray)

### 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

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Root

श्रि • (śri)
* to lean, rest, recline, cling to
* to approach, resort to, tend to

#### Derived terms
##### 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

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* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 179
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* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śri”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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