# श्रुति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रुति (śruti).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃɾʊ.t̪iː/

### Noun

श्रुति • (śruti) f
* hearing, listening
    Synonym: सुनना (sunnā)
* something heard, hearsay
* (Hinduism) shruti: sacred knowledge of the Vedas traditionally transmitted orally
* (music) shruti: the shortest discernable interval of pitch, 22 of which are in an octave

#### Declension
### Proper noun

श्रुति • (śruti) f
* a female given name, Sruti or Shruti, from Sanskrit

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “श्रुति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শ্ৰুতি (Assamese script)
* ᬰ᭄ᬭᬸᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* শ্রুতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰲𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀼𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ၐြုတိ (Burmese script)
* શ્રુતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦿꦸꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂳𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಶ್ರುತಿ (Kannada script)
* ឝ្រុតិ (Khmer script)
* ຨ຺ຣຸຕິ (Lao script)
* ശ്രുതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡵᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠷᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧔𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐸𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଶ୍ରୁତି (Odia script)
* ꢯ꣄ꢬꢸꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆶𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖲𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ශ්‍රුති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚰𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஶ்ருதி (Tamil script)
* శ్రుతి (Telugu script)
* ศฺรุติ (Thai script)
* ཤྲུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒳𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćrútiš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlú-ti-s, from *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Old English hlūd (whence English loud), Lithuanian klausa, Proto-Slavic *sluxъ (whence Polish słuch, Russian слух (slux), Old Church Slavonic слоухъ (sluxŭ) (Glagolitic spelling ⱄⰾⱆⱈⱏ (sluxŭ)), Bulgarian слух (sluh)). Equivalent to श्रु (śru) +‎ -ति (-ti).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɾú.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕɾu.t̪i/

#### Noun

श्रुति • (śrúti) stem, f
* hearing, listening
    śrutim abhinīya — feigning to hear
    śrutiṃ vaco nugāṃ-√kṛ — to listen to a speech
* ear, organ or power of hearing
* the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle
* that which is heard or perceived with the ear, sound, noise
* an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word)
* rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay
* a saying, saw, word
* that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brahmans from generation to generation, the Veda
* (music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, and two a semitone; they are said to be personified as nymphs)
* name, title
* learning, scholarship

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

श्रुति • (śrúti) stem, f
* (compare स्रुति (sruti)) course, path (?)
* the constellation, श्रवणा (śravaṇā)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “श्रुति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1101.