द्युत्

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (to shine).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

द्युत् (dyut)

  1. to shine, glitter, be bright or brilliant
  2. to make bright, illuminate, irradiate
  3. to cause to appear, make clear or manifest, express, mean

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Descendants edit

  • Sanskrit: ज्युत् (jyut) (via Prakrit)

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “द्युत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 500/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 79
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 753-754