कृष्

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *karš-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷels- (“to pull, drag, turn”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    कृष् • (kṛṣ)

    1. to draw, pull, drag
    2. to lead or conduct (as an army)
    3. to bend (a bow)
    4. to draw into one’s power, become master of, overpower
    5. to obtain; to take away anything
    6. to draw or make furrows, plough
    7. to tear out
    8. to travel over
    9. to pull to and fro; to cause pain, torture, torment

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृष् (0 c, 8 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root कृष् (13 c, 0 e)
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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “कृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0306/1.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कृष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 023
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कृष्”, 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
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 319-20
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 241-3
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “639”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 639
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