Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From a Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] root shared with Persian چادر (čâdor, tent, chador), with further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (darkness); compare English shade and shadow. Compare also Old English hæteru (clothing).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

छद् (chad)

  1. to cover
  2. to cover over, clothe, veil
  3. to hide, conceal
  4. to protect

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “छद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0404.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “छद्”, 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 049
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “छद्”, 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 554-555