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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কৰ্ত (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬃᬢ (Balinese script)
- কর্ত (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ကရ်္တ (Burmese script)
- કર્ત (Gujarati script)
- ਕਰ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦂꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಕರ್ತ (Kannada script)
- កត៌ (Khmer script)
- ກຣ຺ຕ (Lao script)
- കര്ത (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᡵᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠷᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
- କର୍ତ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢬ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
- කර්ත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- கர்த (Tamil script)
- కర్త (Telugu script)
- กรฺต (Thai script)
- ཀ་རྟ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably from कृत् (kṛt, “to cut in pieces”); compare कृति (kṛti, “the act of hurting; knife, dagger”).
Turner argues, however, that the word is borrowed from Dravidian, due to "extensive interchange" of consonants in vernacular variants, notably in गर्त (gárta). Mayrhofer acknowledges this possibility, but notes that the word's Vedic status decreases the likelihood of a Dravidian provenance.
Pronunciation
Noun
कर्त • (kartá) stem, m
- a hole, cavity
- separation, distinction
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कर्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 257, column 3.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कर्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 173
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kartá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press