वेष्ट्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Probably related to व्ये (vye, to envelop) via a phonetic extension of their shared root.

Pronunciation

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Root

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वेष्ट् (veṣṭ)

  1. to wind or twist around
  2. to adhere or cling to
  3. (of a snake) to cast the skin
  4. to dress
  5. to wrap up, envelop, enclose, surround, cover, invest, beset
  6. to tie on, wrap around (a turban etc.)
  7. to cause to shrink up

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “वेष्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 161
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7