Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *darś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *darć-, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (to see).

Root edit

दृश् (dṛś)

  1. see, look

Usage notes edit

The verbal system uses the suppletive verb पश्यति (paśyati) in the present and imperfect tenses.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दृश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 491/1-2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 78
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 704-706; 741