Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew-dʰ- (clean), an extension of *(s)ḱew- (to shine). Probably related to शोण (śoṇa, red, crimson) and शुच् (śuc, to shine).

Root edit

शुध् (śudh)

  1. to purify

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Descendants edit

  • Pali: sudh

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शुध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1082.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शुध्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 175
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शुध्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 646; 657
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 356-357