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Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Sanskrit प्रत्याक्रुश् (pratyākruś)
From प्रति- (prati-) + आ- (ā-) + क्रुश् (kruś).
Pronunciation
Root
प्रत्याक्रुश् • (pratyākruś)
- to challenge or revile in return
c. 400 BCE,
Mahābhārata 13.96.16.2:
- प्रत्याक्रोशेद् इहाक्रुष्टस् ताडितः प्रतिताडयेत् ।
- pratyākrośed ihākruṣṭas tāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet.
- The abused at may swear back, the beaten up may hit back.
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्रत्याक्रुश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 676.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pratyākruś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.