Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Derived from Prakrit 𑀦𑀝𑁆 (naṭ), from Sanskrit नृत् (nṛt); see there for more.

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

नट् (naṭ)

  1. to dance, play
  2. to hurt or injure

Derived terms edit

Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “नट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 525/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 87
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 282