स्वरति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swárati, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to resound; ringing, whistling, to speak loudly, to swear”). Cognate with English swear, German schwören, Russian свара (svara).

Pronunciation

Verb

स्वरति • (svarati) (root स्वृ, class 1, type P, present)

  1. to sing
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 09.067.09
      hinvánti sū́ram úsrayaḥ pávamānam madhuścútam
      abhí girā́ sám asvaran
      The rosy (fingers) impel the sun; to the self-purifying one, dripping with honey,
      they cry out in unison with a song.
  2. to make or utter a sound
  3. to resound
  4. to praise
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