पठ्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Likely a "school-speak" derivative of प्रथ् (prath, “to spread”), perhaps as a "spreading out" of rehearsed text during an oral recitation, and/or because books and scrolls are spread out when they are read.

Pronunciation

Root

पठ् • (paṭh)

  1. to read or repeat aloud, recite, rehearse
  2. to repeat or pronounce the name of a god, to invoke
  3. to read or repeat or recite to one's self, to peruse, study
  4. to teach, cite, quote, mention, express, declare
  5. to learn from

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पठ्‎ (0 c, 2 e)
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Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पठ्‎ (2 c, 0 e)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पठ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 93
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “paṭaurá- - páḍbiśa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 68
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 193
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “páṭhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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