व्यथ्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Related to विथुर (vithura, staggering) and Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬚𐬎𐬭𐬀 (viθura, shakeable), with further origin unclear. The root is generally thought to be of Indo-European origin, and is traditionally compared with Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wiþōndans, shaking); however, the hapax status of the Gothic term makes this comparison difficult to analyze. Schwartz and Malkiel analyze the root as a combination of वि- (vi-) + *अथ् (ath, to vacillate) and connect the root to अतिथि (atithi, guest), but make no claims as to the supposed origin of *अथ्.

Pronunciation

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Root

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व्यथ् (vyath)

  1. to tremble, waver, go astray, come to naught, fail
  2. to fall (on the ground)
  3. to cease, become ineffective (as poison)
  4. to be agitated or disturbed in mind, be restless or sorrowful or unhappy
  5. to be afraid of

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “व्यथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1031/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 166
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 591