क्ष्वेल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्वेल् (kvel)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Middle Indo-Aryan terms. Compare Prakrit खेलइ (khelaï, “plays”) and Pali केळि f (keḷi, “play”), which are of uncertain origin and connection to Sanskrit क्रीडति (krīḍati, “plays”).

Root

क्ष्वेल् • (kṣvel)

  1. to leap, jump, play
  2. to shake, tremble

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms
  • क्ष्वेलति (kṣvelati) (Present)
Non-Finite Forms
  • क्ष्वेलित (kṣvelita) (Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • क्ष्वेलन (kṣvelana)
  • क्ष्वेलि (kṣveli)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 31
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