क्रन्द्

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Backformed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krándati, from Proto-Indo-European *kléh₁-nd-, from *kelh₁- (to call, cry, shout).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

क्रन्द् (krand)

  1. to neigh, roar
  2. to crack (as a wheel)
  3. to sound, make a noise
  4. to cry piteously, lament

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्रन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0319.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्रन्द्”, 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 024
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्रन्द्”, 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