Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Possibly related to गर्दभ (gardabha) or गूर्द् (gūrd); see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

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Root

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गर्द् (gard)

  1. to cry, sound, roar, shout, give shouts of joy, exult
  2. to emit any sound

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “गर्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 349/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 473
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “गर्द्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]