नाथ्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Denominalized root from नाथ (nātha, “refuge; protector”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Root

नाथ् • (nāth)

  1. to seek aid, approach with prayers or requests
  2. to ask, solicit, beg for (MBh.)
  3. to have power, be master, prevail
  4. to harass, trouble
  5. (ātmanepada only) to bless, wish well, give blessings to someone
  6. (causative) to cause a person to ask for anything, i.e. to grant a request
  7. to harass, destroy

Inflection

Parasmaipada (active voice):

Ātmanepada (middle voice):

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “नाथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 534/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 89
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 33-4
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