The Sanskrit term Hvṛ can be transliterated into English as Hvr or Hvri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Hvṛ (ह्वृ).—1 P. (hvarati)

1) To be crooked.

2) To be crooked in conduct, cheat, deceive.

3) To be afflicted or injured.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hvṛ (ह्वृ).—r. 1st cl. (hvarati) 1. To bend, to curve, to make crooked. 2. To be crooked in conduct, to deceive. 3. To be injured.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hvṛ (ह्वृ).— (originally dhvṛ, q. cf.), hvṝ HvṚ10, i. 1, and ii. 9, hvṛṇā, ṇī, [Parasmaipada.] To be crooked.

— Cf. [Latin] curvus, varus; [Gothic.] hvairbạn; A. S. hwearfian ([Causal.]), hwerfa, hweorfan; hwealf, hwealfa;

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hvṛ (ह्वृ).—hvarate (only —°), [participle] hvṛta go crookedly, bend over, fall. [Causative] hvārayati cause to go crookedly ([figuratively]), lead astray; [Middle] deviate, go astray.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Hvṛ (ह्वृ):—or hvṝ (cf. √hval, √dhvṛ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxii, 23]) hvarati (in, [Ṛg-veda] also hvarate; and [according to] to [Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 21] also hvṛṇāti; [perfect tense] jahvāra, vartha, varuḥ [grammar]; [Aorist] ahvārṣīt, hvārṣīt, hvār, hvāriṣuḥ, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Kāṭhaka]; Prec. hvaryāt [grammar]; [future] hvartā, hvariṣyati, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] hvartum, [ib.]),

—to deviate or diverge from the right line, be crooked or curved, bend, go crookedly or wrongly or deviously, stumble, fall, down, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. (See above) :—[Causal] hvārayati ([Aorist] jihvaraḥ, ratam; juhuraḥ, juhūrthāḥ, juhurāṇa),

—to cause to go crookedly, lead wrong or astray, [Ṛg-veda];

— ([Ātmanepada]) to go wrong or astray, [ib.] :—[Desiderative] juhvūrṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] jāhvaryate, jāhvarti, [ib.]

2) Hvṝ (ह्वॄ):—or hvṛ (cf. √hval, √dhvṛ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxii, 23]) hvarati (in, [Ṛg-veda] also hvarate; and [according to] to [Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 21] also hvṛṇāti; [perfect tense] jahvāra, vartha, varuḥ [grammar]; [Aorist] ahvārṣīt, hvārṣīt, hvār, hvāriṣuḥ, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Kāṭhaka]; Prec. hvaryāt [grammar]; [future] hvartā, hvariṣyati, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] hvartum, [ib.]),

2) —to deviate or diverge from the right line, be crooked or curved, bend, go crookedly or wrongly or deviously, stumble, fall, down, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. (See above) :—[Causal] hvārayati ([Aorist] jihvaraḥ, ratam; juhuraḥ, juhūrthāḥ, juhurāṇa),

2) —to cause to go crookedly, lead wrong or astray, [Ṛg-veda];

2) — ([Ātmanepada]) to go wrong or astray, [ib.] :—[Desiderative] juhvūrṣati [grammar]:—[Intensive] jāhvaryate, jāhvarti, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Hvṛ (ह्वृ):—hvarati 1. a. To bend.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Hvrita.

Ends with: Ahvri, Dhvri, Shvri, Upahvri, Vihvri.

Full-text (+20): Ahvri, Upahvri, Vihvri, Hurch, Prahva, Hvara, Hvrita, Upahvara, Hval, Abhihrut, Hvarita, Ahvaraka, Vihvarita, Hvaraka, Parihrut, Vihvaruka, Hru, Ahurya, Ahvara, Pratihvara.

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