क्रीत

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɾiːt̪/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्रीत (krītá).

क्रीत • (krīt) (indeclinable)

1. (formal) bought, purchased

क्रीत • (krīt) m

1. a son purchased from his biological parents (one of the twelve kinds of sons recognised in the ancient Hindu Law)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कीर्ति f (kīrtí). Doublet of कीर्ति (kīrti).

क्रीत • (krīt) f

1. (obsolete) fame, renown, glory

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्रीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्रीत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷrih₂-tó-s, from *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”). Equivalent to क्री (krī, “to buy”, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɾiː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾiː.t̪ɐ/

क्रीत • (krītá) stem

1. bought, purchased
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 3.3.3.3:

     शफेन ते क्रीणानीति । भूयो वा अतः सोमो राजार्हतीत्याह सोमविक्रयी भूय एवातः सोमो राजार्हति महांस्त्वेव गोर्महिमेत्यध्वर्युरेतान्येव दशवीर्याण्युदाख्यायाह पदा तेऽर्धेन ते गवा ते क्रीणामीति क्रीतः सोमो राजेत्याह सोमविक्रयी

     śaphena te krīṇānīti. bhūyo vā ataḥ somo rājārhatītyāha somavikrayī bhūya evātaḥ somo rājārhati mahāṃstveva gormahimetyadhvaryuretānyeva daśavīryāṇyudākhyāyāha padā teʼrdhena te gavā te krīṇāmīti krītaḥ somo rājetyāha somavikrayī

     "I will buy of thee for one hoof!", . "King Soma, surely, is worth more than that!" says the Soma-seller. "Yea, King Soma is worth more than that, but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow," replies the buyer; and, having enumerated the ten virtues , he says, "I will buy Soma of thee for one foot", "for half (the cow)", "for the cow!". "Soma has been bought !" says the Soma-seller

   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

• Pali: kīta
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀢 (kirīta), 𑀓𑀻𑀬 (kīya), 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑀺𑀬 (kiṇiya)
• → Hindi: क्रीत (krīt) (learned)

क्रीत • (krītá) stem, n

1. a bargain

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्रीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “क्रीत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan