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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Based on स्फुट (sphuṭa, “opened”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)bʰl̥-tó- (“swollen, blown, burst open”). The retroflexion is in this case due to Fortunatov's law.
Compare फल (phala), though a Dravidian etymology is also proposed for that term. It is also possible that this root is related to फल् (phal, “to burst, cleave open”) instead, or is of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Root
स्फुट् • (sphuṭ)
- to burst, become suddenly rent asunder, split open (with a sound, part asunder
- to expand, blossom, bloom
- to disperse, run away
- to crack (as the joints of the fingers)
- to crackle (as fire)
- to burst into view, appear suddenly
- to abate (as a disease)
- to make clear or evident
- to burst or rend suddenly, break, split, divide
- to put out (eyes)
- to shake, wag, brandish
- to push aside (a bolt)
- to hurt, destroy, kill
- to winnow
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “स्फुट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1270/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 197
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्फुट्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 778-9
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 543
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्फुट्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- 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 375
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 577
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0986”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0986