पृ

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Likely a specialized usage of पृ in the "fill up" or "further" senses described under Etymologies 2 and 3.

Root

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पृ (pṛ)

  1. to be busy or active (mostly with prefix वि- (vi-) + आ- (ā-) or only with आ- (ā-)).
  2. to cause to work, engage upon, entrust with, appoint to (usually with locative case)
  3. to place, set, fix, direct, cast
Derived terms
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Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *per-.

Root

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पृ (pṛ)

  1. to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect (with पृणोति (pṛṇoti)), escort, further, promote
  2. to surpass, excel (acc.)
  3. to be able (with inf.)
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Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
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Etymology 3

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Root

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पृ (pṛ)

  1. Alternative form of पॄ (pṝ)

References

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  • 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[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 85-86; 159