खद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

খদ্ (Assamese script)
ᬔᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
খদ্ (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ခဒ် (Burmese script)
ખદ્ (Gujarati script)
ਖਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌖𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦑꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂎𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಖದ್ (Kannada script)
ខទ៑ (Khmer script)
ຂທ຺ (Lao script)
ഖദ് (Malayalam script)
ᡘᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
𑘏𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠻᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
𑦯𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ଖଦ୍ (Odia script)
ꢓꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඛද් (Sinhalese script)
𑩝𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚋𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
க²த்³ (Tamil script)
ఖద్ (Telugu script)
ขทฺ (Thai script)
ཁ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨌𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain.

Considered to be a root of dubious origin, perhaps an ad hoc back-formation to explain the name of खदिर (khadira, “the catechu tree”), known for its hard wood.

Turner connects the root with खडक (khaḍaka, “bolt, pin”), with these words possibly tracing back to the same unattested ancestor.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐd/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐd̪/

Root

खद् • (khad)

to be steady, firm, solid, hard, etc.
to strike, hurt, kill

Derived terms

खदति (khadati)
खदत्च (khadatca)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “खद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 31
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 445
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 300