क्ष्वेल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• क्वेल् (kvel)

Etymology

Probably either or a mix of:

• a Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆 (khĕl), for which see खेल् (khel, “to play”) for more.
• a variant Sanskritization of क्वेल् (kvel), from Prakrit *𑀓𑁂𑀮𑁆 (*kĕl) (compare keḷi f (“play”)), from or related to क्रीड् (krīḍ).

Root

क्ष्वेल् • (kṣvel)

1. to leap, jump, play
2. to shake, tremble

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

• क्ष्वेलति (kṣvelati, Present)

Non-Finite Forms

• क्ष्वेलित (kṣvelita, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• क्ष्वेलन (kṣvelana)
• क्ष्वेलि (kṣveli)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 31
• Monier Williams (1899) “क्ष्वेल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 334.