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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karuẓHḍatī́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *k⁽ʰ⁾aružHdánt- ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwaHdánt- (“having damaged teeth”), from *k⁽ʰ⁾arúš ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwás (“mutilated, damaged, maimed”)[1][2] + *Hdánts (“tooth”). Cognate with Sogdian ʾkrw-δntʾkʾ (“with damaged teeth”). Also compare खर्व (kharva, “mutilated, crippled”) and Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kauruua, “mutilated”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
करूळतिन् • (kárūḷatin) stem
- having damaged teeth, gap-toothed (applied as an epithet to Pushan, who is said to have broken teeth or no teeth)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 4.30.24:
- वा॒मंवा॑मं त आदुरे दे॒वो द॑दात्वर्य॒मा ।
वा॒मं पू॒षा वा॒मं भगो॑ वा॒मं दे॒वः करू॑ळती ॥- vāmáṃvāmaṃ ta ādure devó dadātvaryamā́.
vāmáṃ pūṣā́ vāmáṃ bhágo vāmáṃ deváḥ kárūḷatī. - O Watchful One, may Aryaman the god give thee all goodly things.
May Pūṣan, Bhaga, and the god with damaged teeth give all things fair.
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 313
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kári.datin-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University