पृ
Sanskrit
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Likely a specialized usage of पृ in the "fill up" or "further" senses described under Etymologies 2 and 3.
Root
[edit]पृ • (pṛ)
- to be busy or active (mostly with prefix वि- (vi-) + आ- (ā-) or only with आ- (ā-)).
- to cause to work, engage upon, entrust with, appoint to (usually with locative case)
- to place, set, fix, direct, cast
Derived terms
[edit]Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- पृणोति (pṛṇóti, Present)
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- पृत (pṛtá, Past Participle)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Root
[edit]पृ • (pṛ)
- to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect (with पृणोति (pṛṇoti)), escort, further, promote
- to surpass, excel (acc.)
- to be able (with inf.)
Derived terms
[edit]Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- पारयति (pāráyati, Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- पर्षणि (parṣáṇi, Infinitive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
Etymology 3
[edit]Root
[edit]पृ • (pṛ)
- Alternative form of पॄ (pṝ)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “पृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 100
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 101
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 85-86; 159