च्यु

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Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čyaw-, from Proto-Indo-European *kyew- (to set in motion). Cognate with Old Armenian չու (čʻu, journey, road) and չուեմ (čʻuem, to set out), whence Armenian չվել (čʻvel, to migrate (of birds, a group)), Northern Kurdish çûn (to go), Classical Persian شدن (šudan, to go), and Ancient Greek σεύω (seúō, put in quick motion, drive).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    च्यु (cyu)

    1. to move to and fro, stir, go away, turn off
    2. to deviate from, abandon
    3. to come forth, trickle
    4. to fall down, die
    5. to fall away, fade, vanish

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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “च्यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0403/2.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “च्यु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 049
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “च्यु”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 552-3
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 40-2