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द्रा

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (to run); compare Ancient Greek αποδιδράσκω (apodidráskō, to depart secretly, escape),[1] as well as Proto-Germanic *trudaną (to tread).[2]

Root

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द्रा (drā)

  1. to run, make haste
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to sleep); compare Latin dormiō (to sleep).[3]

Root

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द्रा (drā)

  1. to sleep
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Primary Verbal Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tredan- ~ *trudan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 757-8

Further reading

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “द्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0501/2, 0502/3.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “द्रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 079
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “द्रा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016