शत्रू

Borrowed from Sanskrit शत्रु (śátru), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śátruṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćátruš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱét-ru-s, from *ḱet- (“to be angry”). Compare Gujarati શત્રુ (śatru), Hindi शत्रु (śatru), Kannada ಶತ್ರು (śatru), Punjabi ਸ਼ੱਤਰੂ (śattarū) / شترو‎ (śtro), Bengali শত্রু (śotru), Malayalam ശത്രു (śatru).

शत्रू • (śatrū) m

1. enemy, adversary, foe

   आळस हा मनुष्याचा सर्वात मोठा शत्रू आहे.

   āḷas hā manuṣyācā sarvāt moṭhā śatrū āhe.

   Laziness is man's greatest enemy.

   Synonym: वैरी (vairī)

   Antonyms: दोस्त (dosta), मित्र (mitra)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “शत्रू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “शत्रु”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “शत्रु”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́t.ɾuː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐt̪.ɾuː/

शत्रू • (śátrū)

1. masculine nominative dual of शत्रु (śatru)
2. masculine vocative dual of शत्रु (śatru)
3. masculine accusative dual of शत्रु (śatru)