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प्रत्याक्रुश्

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Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
    Sanskrit प्रति- (prati-)
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
    Sanskrit आ (ā)
    Sanskrit आ- (ā-)
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *krawć-
    Sanskrit क्रुश् (kruś)
    Sanskrit प्रत्याक्रुश् (pratyākruś)

    From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ आ- (ā-) +‎ क्रुश् (kruś).

    Pronunciation

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    प्रत्याक्रुश् • (pratyākruś)

    1. to challenge or revile in return
      • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 13.96.16.2:
        प्रत्याक्रोशेद् इहाक्रुष्टस् ताडितः प्रतिताडयेत् ।
        pratyākrośed ihākruṣṭas tāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet.
        The abused at may swear back, the beaten up may hit back.

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “प्रत्याक्रुश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 676.
    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pratyākruś”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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