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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Probably related to व्ये (vye, “to envelop”) via a phonetic extension of their shared root.
Pronunciation
Root
वेष्ट् • (veṣṭ)
- to wind or twist around
- to adhere or cling to
- (of a snake) to cast the skin
- to dress
- to wrap up, envelop, enclose, surround, cover, invest, beset
- to tie on, wrap around (a turban etc.)
- to cause to shrink up
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7