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द्युत्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    An extension of the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (to be bright, shine).

    Pronunciation

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    Root

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    द्युत् (dyut)

    1. to shine, glitter, be bright or brilliant
    2. to make bright, illuminate, irradiate
    3. to cause to appear, make clear or manifest, express, mean

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    Descendants

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    • Sanskrit: ज्युत् (jyut) (via Prakrit)

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “द्युत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 500/1.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 79
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 753-754