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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yat- (to reach, take position), from Proto-Indo-European *yet- (to bring, conform, support); cognate with Persian فریاد (faryâd, cry, shout), Latin nītor (support oneself, brace oneself), Tocharian A yät- (to adorn), Ancient Greek ὅσιος (hósios, just, fair).

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Root edit

यत् (yat)

  1. to place in order, marshal, join, connect
  2. to keep pace, be in line, rival or vie with
  3. to join, associate with, march or fly together or in line
  4. to conform or comply with
  5. to meet, encounter (in battle)
  6. to seek to join one's self with, make for, tend towards
  7. to endeavour to reach, strive after, be eager or anxious for
  8. to exert one's self, take pains, endeavour, make effort, persevere, be cautious or watchful
  9. to be prepared for
  10. to join, unite, attach to
  11. to cause to fight
  12. to strive to obtain anything
  13. to requite, return, reward or punish, reprove
  14. to surrender or yield up anything to
  15. to distress, torture, vex, annoy

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “यत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 840/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 129
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 394-5
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 612-3
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215