Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *karš-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷels- (to pull, drag, turn).

    Pronunciation

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    Root

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    कृष् (kṛṣ)

    1. to draw, pull, drag
    2. to lead or conduct (as an army)
    3. to bend (a bow)
    4. to draw into one’s power, become master of, overpower
    5. to obtain; to take away anything
    6. to draw or make furrows, plough
    7. to tear out
    8. to travel over
    9. to pull to and fro; to cause pain, torture, torment

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “कृष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0306/1.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कृष्”, 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 023
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कृष्”, 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
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 319-20
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 241-3
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “639”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 639