Shantiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”),^[1] from शम् (śam, “to exert または fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, または satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ʃɑːnti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɑnti/, [-ɾi]
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːnt̪i/
• 韻: -ɑːnti
• ハイフネーション: shan‧ti

間投詞

shanti

1. (Hinduism) A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
   • 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, OCLC 260599, pages 49 and 64:

     [lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.

別の表記

• shantih

名詞

shanti (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) Peace, tranquility.

別の表記

• shantih

参照

Further reading

• shanti (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.