हिंस्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (fright), an extension of *ǵʰey- (wound, thrust). See also हेष् (heṣ, to be strong).

Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat, both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (to push, thrust).

Pronunciation

Root

हिंस् (hiṃs)

  1. to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy

Derived terms

Adjective

हिंस् (hiṃs) stem

  1. injuring, striking

Declension

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “हिंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1297/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “हिंस्”, 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
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 815; 820-1