त्वर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ত্বৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬢ᭄ᬯᬃ (Balinese script)
• ত্বর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• တွရ် (Burmese script)
• ત્વર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤ੍ਵਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦠ꧀ꦮꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂹𑂫𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ತ್ವರ್ (Kannada script)
• ត្វរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຕ຺ວຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ത്വര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠣᠸᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᢦᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତ୍ଵର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢡ꣄ꢮꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ත්‍වර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫 𑪙𑩾𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚶𑚦𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்வர் (Tamil script)
• త్వర్ (Telugu script)
• ตฺวรฺ (Thai script)
• ཏྭ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑩇𑨭𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to stir, agitate”). Cognate with English stir, steer and possibly storm, as well as perhaps Ancient Greek ὀτρῡ́νω (otrū́nō, “to stir up, rouse; to hasten”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tʋɐɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪ʋɐɾ/

Root

त्वर् • (tvar)

1. to hurry, make haste, move with speed

Derived terms

• अतत्वरत् (atatvarat)
• अत्वरिढ्वम् (atvariḍhvam)
• अत्वरिद्ध्वम् (atvariddhvam)
• अत्वरिध्वम् (atvaridhvam)
• तत्वरे (tatvare)
• त्वर (tvara)
• त्वरति (tvarati)
• त्वरते (tvarate)
• त्वरय (tvaraya)
• त्वरयति (tvarayati)
• त्वरा (tvarā)
• त्वरिष्ठास् (tvariṣṭhās)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “त्वर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0463/3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “त्वर्”, 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 068
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “त्वर्”, 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 684-5

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 378
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 655
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1100, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1100