ध्वृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • ध्वर् (dhvar)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (to harm, injure, damage); cognate with Hittite [script needed] (duwarne-, to break, injure).

Pronunciation

Root

ध्वृ • (dhvṛ)

  1. to hurt, injure, bend, cause to fall

Derived terms

  • ध्वृत् (dhvṛt, felling, bending, killing)
  • ध्वरति (dhvarati)
  • दध्वार (dadhvāra)
  • अध्वार्षीत् (adhvārṣīt)
  • अधूर्षत (adhūrṣata)
  • ध्वृषीष्ट (dhvṛṣīṣṭa)
  • ध्वरिष्यति (dhvariṣyati)
  • ध्वर्ता (dhvartā)
  • ध्वारयति (dhvārayati)
  • दाध्वर्यते (dādhvaryate)
  • दुध्वूर्षति (dudhvūrṣati)
  • दिधुवरिषति (didhuvariṣati)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ध्वृ”, 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, page 802