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Etymology edit

From an extension of Proto-Indo-European *rey- (to cry, bellow). Cognate with English roar.

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

रास् (rās)

  1. to howl, cry

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0879.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रास्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 138
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “रास्”, 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