अभिवृत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí

Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Sanskrit अभिवृत् (abhivṛt)

From अभि- (abhi-, “towards, to”) +‎ वृत् (vṛt, “to turn”).

Root

अभिवृत् • (abhivṛt)

1. to approach, go towards
2. to fight

Derived terms

• अभिवर्तते (abhivartate)
• अभिवावृते (abhivāvṛte)
• अभिवृत्य (abhivṛtya)
• अभ्यवीवृतत् (abhyavīvṛtat)

Descendants

• >? Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ, “to meet, fight”) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अभिवृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 70.