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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to glow, shine”); see the derivative चन्द्र (candra, “moon”) for cognates.[1]
Pronunciation
Root
चन्द् • (cand)
- to shine, be bright (Dhātup.)
- to gladden (ib.)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAND (ŚCAND)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 528-529
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0386/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177