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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćák-r̥ ~ *ćak-ná-s (dung, excrement), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-r̥ ~ *ḱekʷ-én-s (dung, excrement). Cognate with Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, excrement), Baluchi سغن (saġan, dung). Also compare English copro-, a borrowing from Ancient Greek. There was a wide variety of alternative forms of the term in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan (see below), possibly due to taboo distortion.

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Noun edit

शकृत् (śákṛt) stemn

  1. dung, excrement, faeces, manure, (especially) cowdung
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.161.10:
      श्रोणामेक उदकं गामवाजति मांसमेकः पिंशति सूनयाभृतम् ।
      आ निम्रुचः शकृद्एको अपाभरत्...
      śroṇāmeka udakaṃ gāmavājati māṃsamekaḥ piṃśati sūnayābhṛtam .
      ā nimrucaḥ śakṛdeko apābharat...
      One of them leads the crippled cow to the water, another trims the flesh brought on the carving-board
      Another one carried off the dung till evening...
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 37.9:
      अश्वस्य त्वा वृष्णः शक्ना धूपयामि देवयजने पृथिव्याः ।
      aśvasya tvā vṛṣṇaḥ śaknā dhūpayāmi devayajane pṛthivyāḥ .
      I fumigate thee with stallion's dung on the place of worship.

Declension edit

Declension of शकृत्
Nom. sg. शकृत् (śakṛt)
Gen. sg. शक्नः (śaknaḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शकृत् (śakṛt)
Vocative
Accusative शकृत् (śakṛt) शकृतः (śakṛtaḥ)
Instrumental शक्ना/शकृता (śaknā/śakṛtā) शकभिः (śakabhiḥ)
Dative
Ablative
Genitive शक्नः (śaknaḥ)
Locative

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