स्थग्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

স্থগ্ (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬣᬕ᭄ (Balinese script)
স্থগ্ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰐𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀕𑁆 (Brahmi script)
သ္ထဂ် (Burmese script)
સ્થગ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਥਗ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌗𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦱ꧀ꦡꦒ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂟𑂏𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ಥಗ್ (Kannada script)
ស្ថគ៑ (Khmer script)
ສ຺ຖຄ຺ (Lao script)
സ്ഥഗ് (Malayalam script)
ᠰᡨᠠᡤ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘐𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠰᠲᠠᠺ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑦾𑦰𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐐𑑂 (Newa script)
ସ୍ଥଗ୍ (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢢꢔ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆓𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖐𑖿 (Siddham script)
ස‍්ථග් (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩬𑩞 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚚𑚌𑚶 (Takri script)
ஸ்த²க்³ (Tamil script)
స్థగ్ (Telugu script)
สฺถคฺ (Thai script)
སྠ་ག྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒑𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨚𑨍𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover”) and compared to Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō, “to cover closely”). However, Mayrhofer doubts this, and suggests an alternative that this root, along with स्तक् (stak, “to strike against”) and ढक्कन (ḍhakkana, “shutting (of a door)”) (the latter which he considers a spoken variant), could be derived from the same non-Indo-Aryan source.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /stʰɐɡ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪t̪ʰɐɡ/

Root

स्थग् • (sthag)

to cover, hide, conceal
to cover, veil, make invisible, cause to disappear

Derived terms

स्थग (sthaga)
स्थगति (sthagati)
स्थगयति (sthagayati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “स्थग्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1261/3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 194

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 523-524