स्तु

From Proto-Indo-European *stew- (“to praise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek στεῦται (steûtai, “to promise or threaten that one will”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪u/

स्तु • (stu)

1. to praise, laud, eulogize, extol, celebrate in song or hymns

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