शक्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-
    Sanskrit शक् (śak)

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śak-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćak-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱek- (“to be able”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, “to agree”), Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“capable”), perhaps whence English hex (“to cast a spell”) and hag (“witch-like woman”), and Old Irish cécht (“might, power”).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    शक् • (śak)

    1. to be able
    2. can

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शक् (0 c, 2 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शक् (11 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms

    Descendants

    • → Kannada: ಶಕ್ಯ (śakya, “possible”)

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “शक्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044/1.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “śáḿsa- - ŚAK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 600
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 323-324
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