पृ

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Likely a specialized usage of पृ in the "fill up" or "further" senses described under Etymologies 2 and 3.

Root

पृ • (pṛ)

  1. to be busy or active (mostly with prefix वि- (vi-) + आ- (ā-) or only with आ- (ā-)).
  2. to cause to work, engage upon, entrust with, appoint to (usually with locative case)
  3. to place, set, fix, direct, cast
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृ (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Root

पृ • (pṛ)

  1. to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect (with पृणोति (pṛṇoti)), escort, further, promote
  2. to surpass, excel (acc.)
  3. to be able (with inf.)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृ (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

Etymology 3

Root

पृ • (pṛ)

  1. Alternative form of पॄ (pṝ)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 100
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 101
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 85-86; 159
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