कृत्

See also: केतु, क्त, किंतु, कति, and कृति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

कर्त् (kart)

Alternative scripts

কৃত্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
কৃত্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကၖတ် (Burmese script)
કૃત્ (Gujarati script)
ਕ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕೃತ್ (Kannada script)
ក្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
ກ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
കൃത് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
କୃତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
කෘත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
க்ரித் (Tamil script)
కృత్ (Telugu script)
กฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
ཀྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-t-, an extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

to cut in pieces, to divide

Derived terms

कर्त (karta, “hole, cavity”)
- ⇒ गर्त (garta)
कर्तति (kartati, “to cut, divide, rip”)
कर्तन (kartana, “the act of cutting”)
कर्तनी (kartanī, “scissors”)
कृति (kṛtí, “knife”)
कृतिका (kṛtikā), कृत्तिका (kṛttikā, “cutter”)
- ⇒ कार्त्तिक (kārttika), कार्तिक (kārtika)
कृत्ति (kṛ́tti, “skin”)
कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut, tear, divide”)
- ⇒ कण्ट (kaṇṭa), कण्टक (kaṇṭaka, “thorn, prickle, fishbone”)

Etymology 2

See -कृत् (-kṛt).

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) stem, m

a suffix which makes nouns from roots (VPrāt., Pāṇ.)

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) stem, n

a noun made from a root with a suffix -कृत् (-kṛt)

Declension

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Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin. Probably related to Hittite [script needed] (kar-za, kar-za-na-aš, “a weaver's tool for making thread”). Comparisons to Ancient Greek κάρταλλος (kártallos, “a basket with a pointed bottom”) and Latin crātis (“wickerwork”) have also been made.

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

Derived terms

कृणत्ति (kṛṇatti) — to surround, encompass

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0301, 0304.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 22

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 315-316; 389