कूर्द्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin. Possibly related to गूर्द् (gūrd, to play, leap)[1] and/or from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (to swing), whence perhaps Ancient Greek κραδάω (kradáō, to swing, brandish), Old English hratian (to rush, hasten), German scherzen (to joke, jest, frolic),[2] and Welsh cerdded (to walk).[3] A borrowing from Dravidian has also been suggested by Turner and Kuiper, but is not preferred to the above etymology; compare Tamil குதி (kuti, to jump).[4]

Pronunciation

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Root

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कूर्द् (kūrd)

  1. to leap, jump
  2. to play

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 118
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 254-5
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 202-3
  4. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūˊrdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press