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स्पृह्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ- (to move energetically, hurry, spring). Cognate with Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, to set in rapid motion, haste, hurry), English spring.

Other possible cognates include Lithuanian spreñgti (to push), Proto-Slavic *pręsti (to spin).

Pronunciation

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Root

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स्पृह् (spṛh)

  1. to be eager, desire eagerly, long for
  2. to envy, be jealous of

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्पृह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1269.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 197
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्पृह्”, 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) “स्पृह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press