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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂- (“to be or become limp”); compare Ancient Greek κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “to hand”) and perhaps κρημνός (krēmnós, “overhanging bank of a river”).
Root
श्रम् • (śram)
- to be or become weary or tired, be tired of doing anything
- to make effort, exert oneself (esp. in performing acts of austerity), labor in vain
- to overcome, conquer, subdue
- to speak to, address, invite
Derived terms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root श्रम् not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “श्रम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1096/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 178
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 664