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Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nikʷ-tó-s (“washed, cleansed”). Cognate with Old Irish necht, Ancient Greek ἄ-νιπτος (á-niptos, “unwashed, unclean”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
निक्त • (niktá) stem
- washed, cleansed, purified, bathed
- Synonyms: स्नात (snāta), मृष्ट (mṛṣṭa)
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 8.2.2:
- नृभिर्धूतः सुतो अश्नैरव्यो वारैः परिपूतः ।
अश्वो न निक्तो नदीषु ॥- nṛbhirdhūtaḥ suto aśnairavyo vāraiḥ paripūtaḥ.
aśvo na nikto nadīṣu. - washed by the men, pressed out with stones, strained through the filter made of wool
Like a horse bathed in the river.
Declension
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇikka)