# स्फोट
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्फोट (sphoṭa). Doublet of फोड़ा (phoṛā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /spʰoːʈ/

### Noun

स्फोट • (sphoṭ) m (rare, formal)
* bursting, explosion
* a swelling, tumour, boil
* crackling, crash, roar

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “स्फोट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्फोट (sphoṭa). Doublet of फोड (phoḍ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spʰoʈ/

### Noun

स्फोट • (sphoṭ) m
* explosion

#### Declension
### See also

* स्फोटक (sphoṭak, “explosive”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “स्फोट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “स्फोट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “स्फोट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “स्फोट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* স্ফোট (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬨᭀᬝ (Balinese script)
* স্ফোট (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰣𑰺𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀨𑁄𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* သ္ဖောဋ (Burmese script)
* સ્ફોટ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਫੋਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍋𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦦꦺꦴꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂤𑂷𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ಫೋಟ (Kannada script)
* ស្ផោដ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ໂຜຏ (Lao script)
* സ്ഫോട (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡦᠣᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘣𑘻𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠹᠣᠸᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧃𑧜𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐦𑑀𑐚 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ଫୋଟ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢧꣂꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆦𑆾𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖣𑖺𑖘 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්ඵොට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩱𑩕𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚟𑚴𑚔 (Takri script)
* ஸ்பே²ாட (Tamil script)
* స్ఫోట (Telugu script)
* สฺโผฏ (Thai script)
* སྥོ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒤𑒼𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨟𑨆𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root स्फुट् (sphuṭ), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)bʰel- (*bʰel- with s-mobile) or *(s)pel- (“to split”) with a *-t- extension. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”), Old English speld (“splinter”), English split.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /spʰɐw.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪pʰoː.ʈɐ/

### Noun

स्फोट • (sphoṭa) stem, m
* bursting, explosion
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* a swelling, tumour, boil
* crackling, crash, roar
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* (philosophy) sound (conceived as eternal, indivisible, and creative)

#### Derived terms

* विस्फोट (visphoṭa)

#### Related terms

* स्फुटति (sphuṭati)
* स्फोटयति (sphoṭayati)

#### Descendants

* Pali: phoṭa
* Ashokan Prakrit:
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀨𑁄𑀟 (phoḍa)
*** Konkani: फोड (phoḍ)
*** Marathi: फोड (phoḍ)
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Nepali: फोर (phor)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: फोड़ा (phoṛā)
    Urdu: پھوڑا (phoṛā)
* → Kannada: ಸ್ಫೋಟ (sphōṭa)
* → Malayalam: സ്ഫോടനം (sphōṭanaṁ)
* → Hindi: स्फोट (sphoṭ) (learned)
* → Marathi: स्फोट (sphoṭ) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्फोट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1270.
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्फोट”, 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
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्फोट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* 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, page 375
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 577
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0986”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0986
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphōṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press