रि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to move, churn”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *rìnǫti, Old English rinnan (whence English run).

Pronunciation

Root

रि • (ri)

  1. to release, set free, let go
  2. to sever, detach from
  3. to yield, bestow
  4. to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 139
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8; 451
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