गूर्द्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of unclear origin. Attempts to connect the root to कूर्द् (kūrd, to leap) or गर्द् (gard, to cry, exult) (whence perhaps गर्दभ (gardabha, ass, donkey)) are fraught with difficulties.

Pronunciation

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Root

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गूर्द् (gūrd)

  1. to play, sport, jump
  2. to leap after

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “गूर्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 360/1, 361/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 386; 493