Smi, Shmi: 8 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Smi (स्मि).—1 Ā. (smayate, smita)

1) To smile, laugh (gently); काकुत्स्थ ईषत्स्मयमान आस्त (kākutstha īṣatsmayamāna āsta) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.11;15 8; स्मयमानं वदना- म्बुजं स्मरामि (smayamānaṃ vadanā- mbujaṃ smarāmi) Bv.2.27.

2) To bloom, expand; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.136. -Caus. (smāyayati-te)

1) To cause a smile by, cause to smile.

2) To laugh at, deride.

3) To astonish (smāya- yate in this sense). -Desid. (sismayiṣate) To wish to smile.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Smi (स्मि).—seemingly = asmi, I am: Gaṇḍavyūha 231.5 (verse), see §§ 4.7; 28.64.

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

Ṣmi (ष्मि).—r. 1st cl. (smayate) To smile. r. 10th cl. (smāyayati-te) To disrespect. With vi prefixed, To surprise or astonish.

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Smi (स्मि).—r. 10th cl. (smāyayate) To slight, to disregard. (smāyayati) To astonish. r. 1st cl. (smayate) 1. To smile. 2. To expand, to bloom. With ud, To smile. With vi, 1. To be surprised. 2. To admire. 3. To be proud. Caus. (smāyayati-te, smāpayate) 1. To cause to laugh. 2. To mock. 3. To astonish, (in this sense only smāpayata). Also ṣmiṅ .

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

Smi (स्मि).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Chr. 27, 1), To smile, Chr. 27, 3. smita, 1. Smiling, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 152. 2. Blown (as a flower), [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 152. n. A smile, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 13, 4. Comp. Śuci-, adj. smiled, smiling sweetly, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 22. Sa-, adj. smiling; ºtam, adv., [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 28, 12; [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 51. Su-, adj. smiling. f. tā, a woman with a smiling countenance. † i. 10, [Ātmanepada.] To despise. Frequent. seṣmīya, To suffer from convulsions, to tremble, [Mālavikāgnimitra, (ed. Tullberg.)] 47, 5.

— With abhi abhi, To smile, Mahābhārata 3, 8237.

— With ud ud, To smile, Mahābhārata 1, 7059. utsmāyitvā ([Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 1, 63), is an anomalous form either for utsmāyayitvā, [Causal.] ‘To make a mock of, to insult.’ or for utsmitvā, and then to be changed to utsmayitvā, ‘To burst into laughter.’

— With abhyud abhi-ud, To smile, Chr. 44, 35.

— With vi vi, 1. To be surprised, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 3. 2. To admire. 3. To be proud, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 236. vismita, Astonished, perplexed, [Hitopadeśa] 56, 18. Comp. Su-, adj. much surprised, [Pañcatantra] 41, 21. [Causal.] smāpaya, To cause to be surprised, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 33.

— Cf. smera and [Old High German.] smielan; A. S. smaerc, smirk; [Latin] mirari; probably ([Causal.]), .

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

Smi (स्मि).—smayate smayati [participle] smita (q.v.) smile, blush, be proud or arrogant.

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

1) Smi (स्मि):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxii, 51]) smayate (mc. also ti; [perfect tense] sismiye, or siṣmiye p. siṣmiyāṇa cf. upa-√smi, [Epic] also -smayām-āsa; [Aorist] asmeṣṭa, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya 259]; asmayiṣṭhās, [Mahābhārata]; [future] smetā, smeṣyate [grammar]; [infinitive mood] smetum, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] smitvā, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa]; -smitya, -smayitya, [Mahābhārata]),

—to smile, blush, become red or radiant, shine, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka];

—to smile, laugh, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to expand, bloom (as a flower), [Kāvya literature];

—to be proud or arrogant, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] :—[Passive voice] smīyate ([Aorist] asmāyi), [grammar]:—[Causal] smāyayati, te ([Aorist] asismayat; also smāpayati in vi-√smi q.v.),

—to cause to smile or laugh etc.;

— ([Ātmanepada]) to laugh at, mock, despise, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 37] ([varia lectio] for smiṭ q.v.) :—[Desiderative] sismayiṣate [grammar]:—[Intensive] seṣmīyate (p. yamāṇa, [Nirukta, by Yāska viii, 11]), seṣmayīti, seṣmeti[ib.]

2) cf. [Greek] φιλομμειδής for φιλο-σμειδης; μεῖδος, μειδάω; [Latin] mirus, mirari; [Slavonic or Slavonian] smijati; [English] smile.

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

1) Ṣmi (ष्मि):—(ṅau) smayate 1. d. To smile; 10th, ṅa to disrespect; with vi, to surprise, astonish.

2) Smi (स्मि):—[(ka-ṅa) smāyayate] 10. d. To slight. smayate 1. d. To smile.

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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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