कृष्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *karš-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷels- (to pull, drag, turn).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    कृष् • (kṛṣ)

    1. to draw, pull, drag
    2. to lead or conduct (as an army)
    3. to bend (a bow)
    4. to draw into one’s power, become master of, overpower
    5. to obtain; to take away anything
    6. to draw or make furrows, plough
    7. to tear out
    8. to travel over
    9. to pull to and fro; to cause pain, torture, torment

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृष् (0 c, 8 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root कृष् (13 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • कर्षति (kárṣati) (Present)
    • कृषति (kṛṣáti) (Present)
    • क्रक्ष्यति (krakṣyáti) (Future)
    • कर्क्ष्यति (karkṣyáti) (Future)
    • क्रष्टा (kraṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • कर्ष्टा (karṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अकार्क्षीत् (ákārkṣīt) (Aorist)
    • अक्राक्षीत् (ákrākṣīt) (Aorist)
    • अकृक्षत् (ákṛkṣat) (Aorist)
    • चकर्ष (cakárṣa) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • कृष्यते (kṛṣyáte) (Passive)
    • अकर्षि (ákarṣi) (Passive)
    • कर्षयति (karṣáyati) (Causative)
    • अचीकृषत् (ácīkṛṣat) (Causative)
    • चिकृक्षति (cikṛkṣati) (Desiderative)
    • चरीकृष्यते (carīkṛṣyate) (Intensive)
    • चरीकृषीति (carīkṛṣīti) (Intensive)
    • चर्कृषति (cárkṛṣati) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • कृष्ट (kṛṣṭá) (Past Participle)
    • कर्षित (karṣitá) (Past Participle)
    • क्रष्टुम् (kráṣṭum) (Infinitive)
    • कृष्ट्वा (kṛṣṭvā́) (Gerund)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • कृष (kṛṣa)
    • कृषक (kṛṣaka)
    • कृषाण (kṛṣāṇa)
    • कृषायु (kṛṣāyu)
    • कृषि (kṛṣi)
    • कृषिक (kṛṣika)
    • कृषी (kṛṣī)
    • कृषीवल (kṛṣīvala)
    • कृष्टि (kṛṣṭi)
    • कर्ष (karṣa)
    • कर्षण (karṣaṇa)
    • कर्षक (karṣaka)
    • कर्षणि (karṣaṇi)
    • कर्षणीय (karṣaṇīya)
    • कर्षित (karṣita)
    • कर्षिण् (karṣiṇ)
    • कर्षू (karṣū́)
    Prefixed Root Forms

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कृष्”, 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
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 319-20
    • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 241-3
    • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “639”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 639