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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ক্ৰী (Assamese script)
- ᬓ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
- ক্রী (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ကြီ (Burmese script)
- ક્રી (Gujarati script)
- ਕ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಕ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
- ក្រី (Khmer script)
- ກ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
- ക്രീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
- କ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
- ꢒ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ක්රී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
- க்ரீ (Tamil script)
- క్రీ (Telugu script)
- กฺรี (Thai script)
- ཀྲཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂-. Cognate with Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn), Proto-Slavic *krьnǫti, Tocharian B käry- (“to buy”), karyor (“buying”).
Pronunciation
Root
क्री • (krī)
- to buy
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- क्रय (krayá, “buying, purchase”)
- क्रयिन् (krayin, “buyer, purchaser”)
- क्रय्य (krayya, “for sale, purchasable”)
- क्रयण (kráyaṇa, “buying”)
- क्रयणीय (krayaṇīya, “to be bought”)
- क्रायक (krāyaka, “buyer, trader”)
- यवक्री (yavakrī, “a buyer or purchaser of barley”)
- सद्यःक्री (sadyaḥkrī, “bought on the same day”)
- क्रेतव्य (kretavya, “purchasable”)
- क्रेतृ (kretṛ, “buyer, purchaser”)
- क्रेय (kreya, “purchasable”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “क्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 25
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 410-411; 413
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “648”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 648
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273