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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śćand-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćand-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱend-.
Pronunciation
Root
छन्द् • (chand)
- to seem, appear, be considered as
- to seem good, please
- to gratify
Derived terms
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root छन्द् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “छद् 3.chad or 2.chand”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “छन्द्”, 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 50
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “छन्द्”, 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 555-6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 121