व्रश्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৱ্ৰশ্চ্ (Assamese script)
ᬯ᭄ᬭᬰ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
ব্রশ্চ্ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰿𑰨𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁆𑀭𑀰𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဝြၐ္စ် (Burmese script)
વ્રશ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦿꦯ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂹𑂩𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ವ್ರಶ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
វ្រឝ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຣຨ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
വ്രശ്ച് (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡵᠠᡧᢜ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠸᠷᠠᠱᢋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧠𑧈𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑑂𑐬𑐱𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
ଵ୍ରଶ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
ꢮ꣄ꢬꢯ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑇀𑆫𑆯𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖿𑖨𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
ව්‍රශ‍්ච් (Sinhalese script)
𑩾 𑪙𑩼𑩿 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚶𑚤𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
வ்ரஶ்ச் (Tamil script)
వ్రశ్చ్ (Telugu script)
วฺรศฺจฺ (Thai script)
ཝྲ་ཤྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑓂𑒩𑒬𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑩇𑨫𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Traditionally taken to be from Proto-Indo-European *wrek-, and compared with Ancient Greek ῥάκος (rhákos, “rag, wrinkle”), Latvian rakt (“to dig”).^[1] Similarities to Czech vráska (“wrinkle”) have also been noted. Perhaps related to Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬗𐬀𐬉𐬨 (uruuatcaēm, “I will tear it apart”). These proposals have their share of phonetic and/or semantic difficulties. Cross-contamination and conflation with similar roots may have obscured the true origins of the root.^[2]^[3]

Not related to Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, “tree”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɐɕt͡ɕ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɾɐɕt͡ɕ/

Root

व्रश्च् • (vraśc)

to cut down, cut off, cut asunder, cleave, hew, fell (a tree)

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “व्रश्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1043/1.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 168

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “व्रश्च्”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), volume 2, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, pages 102-3
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 596
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 250-251

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “व्रश्च्”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), volume 2, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, pages 102-3

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 596

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 250-251

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