सृज्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (to throw away, pour out, release, set free). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *selkaną (to trickle, drip; languish) whence probably English sulk.

    Pronunciation

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    Root

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    सृज् (sṛj)

    1. to let go, discharge, throw, cast, hurl
    2. to emit, pour forth
    3. to let loose

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “सृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1245/1-2.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 189
    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सृज्”, 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
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 709; 743