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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
On the basis of forms like घट्टित (ghaṭṭita), ultimately a sanskritization or vernacular forms.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Root
घट्ट् • (ghaṭṭ)
- to rub (the hands) over, touch, shake, cause to move
- to stir round
- to have a bad effect or influence on
- to hurt with words, speak of malignantly
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GHAṬṬ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 512
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 41
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press