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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-.[1]

Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀- (vī-xada-, to squeeze apart), Parthian 𐫟𐫀𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅 (xʾzynd, to devour), modern Persian خاییدن (xâyidan),[2] Old Armenian խածանեմ (xacanem),[3] and Proto-Slavic *kǫsàti (to bite).

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खाद् (khād)[4]

  1. to eat, chew, devour

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*k(u̯)h₂ed-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 359
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 451-452
  3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xād”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
  4. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “खाद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.