शॄ

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (to break). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (asarəta, unbroken), 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬌 (sari, piece, fragment), Ancient Greek κεραΐζω (keraḯzō, I tear, destroy), ακέραιος (akéraios, whole, intact), Old Irish do·cer (he fell), Tocharian B kärnau (disabled).

Pronunciation

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Root

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शॄ (śṝ)

  1. to crush, rend, break, or shatter
  2. to kill (game)
  3. to be crushed, broken, rent or shattered
  4. to fall out or off
  5. to be worn out, decay, wither, fade

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “शॄ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1088/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 176
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 617-8
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338