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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Of unclear origin. Related to New Indo-Aryan (*hiṭṭ-) and (*haṭṭ-), and probably borrowed from a foreign source.
The meaning of "to be empty", attested in some texts, is likely spurious.
Pronunciation
Root
हिण्ड् • (hiṇḍ)
- to go, move, wander, or roam about
- to disregard, slight
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हिण्ड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 539
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 594