चर्

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʌr]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: चर्

Verb

चर् • (car)

  1. inflection of चर्नु (carnu):
    1. stem
    2. low-respectful second-person singular imperative

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (to move; to turn (around)). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Latin colō and Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, I move, approach).

Pronunciation

Root

चर् • (car)

  1. to move
  2. to practise

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चर् (0 c, 8 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चर् (5 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • चरति (cárati) (Present)
  • चरिष्यति (cariṣyáti) (Future)
  • चरिता (caritā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अचारीत् (ácārīt) (Aorist)
  • अचार्षीत् (ácārṣīt) (Aorist)
  • चचार (cacā́ra) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • चर्यते (caryáte) (Passive)
  • चारयति (cāráyati) (Causative)
  • अचीचरत् (ácīcarat) (Causative Aorist)
  • चार्यते (cāryáte) (Passive of Causative)
  • चिचरिषति (cicariṣati) (Desiderative)
  • चिचर्षति (cicarṣati) (Desiderative)
  • चर्चरीति (carcarīti) (Intensive)
  • चर्चूर्यते (carcūryáte) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • चरित (caritá) (Past Participle)
  • चीर्ण (cīrṇa) (Past Participle)
  • चरितुम् (cáritum) (Infinitive)
  • चर्तुम् (cartum) (Infinitive)
  • चरितवे (cáritave) (Infinitive)
  • चरितोस् (caritos) (Infinitive)
  • चरसे (caráse) (Infinitive)
  • चरध्यै (carádhyai) (Infinitive)
  • चरित्वा (caritvā́) (Gerund)
  • चीर्त्वा (cīrtvā) (Gerund)
  • चर्य (cárya) (Gerund)
  • चर्य (cárya) (Gerundive)
  • चरितव्य (caritavya) (Gerundive)
  • चर्तव्य (cartavya) (Gerundive)
  • चरणीय (caraṇīya) (Gerundive)
  • चार्य (cārya) (Causative Gerundive)
  • चिचरिषु (cicariṣu) (Desiderative Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms
  • चर (cara, moving, locomotive)
  • चरक (cáraka, a wanderer, wandering religious student)
  • चरण (cáraṇa, foot)
  • चरणि (caráṇi, active)
  • चरथ (carátha, moving, living)
  • चराचर (carācará, movable and immovable, locomotive and stationary)
  • चरित्र (carítra, acting, behaving, behaviour, habit, practice, acts)
  • चरिष्णु (cariṣṇú, moving, locomotive)
  • चर्या (caryā, going about, wandering, walking or roaming about)
  • चार (cāra, movement, motion; one who moves about, spy)
  • चारक (cāraka, spy)
  • चारण (cāraṇa, a wandering actor or singer)
  • चारिन् (cārin, moving, walking or wandering about, living, being)
  • चार्य (cārya, espionage)
  • तुविकूर्मि (tuvikūrmi)
  • तुविकूर्मिन् (tuvikūrmin)
Prefixed Root Forms
  • अतिचर् (aticar)
  • अधिचर् (adhicar)
  • अनुचर् (anucar)
  • अपचर् (apacar)
  • अभिचर् (abhicar)
  • अवचर् (avacar)
  • आचर् (ācar)
  • उच्चर् (uccar)
  • उपचर् (upacar)
  • निश्चर् (niścar)
  • परिचर् (paricar)
  • प्रचर् (pracar)
  • प्रतिचर् (praticar)
  • विचर् (vicar)
  • संचर् (saṃcar)

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “car”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CARI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 534-535
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “kelh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 386-8