क्रीड्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्रीळ् (krīḷ)Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kriẓḍ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *križd-, of uncertain further origin.[1] Mayrhofer traces the root back to a Proto-Indo-European *krisd- (to move about, frolic), and tentatively compares Old Norse hrista (to shake), but this is semantically tenuous.[2][3][1]

Pronunciation

Root

क्रीड् • (krīḍ)

  1. to play
  2. to have fun
  3. to joke, jest

Derived terms

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्रीड्”, 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
  1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 281-2
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 413
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 279