इल्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (to drive, move, go). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, to drive), Latin alacer (lively, active, brisk), Proto-Germanic *alaną (to spurn, drive), *lanō (lane)).

Pronunciation

Root

इल् (il)

  1. to come, send, cast
  2. to keep still, not move, become quiet

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “इल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0168.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 09
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “इल्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016