कृत्

See also: केतु, क्त, किंतु, कति, and कृति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कर्त् (kart)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৃত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কৃত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကၖတ် (Burmese script)
• કૃત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೃತ್ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• കൃത് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• କୃତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කෘත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• க்ரித் (Tamil script)
• కృత్ (Telugu script)
• กฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
• ཀྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-t-, an extension of *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

1. to cut in pieces, to divide

Derived terms

• कर्तति (kartati, “to cut, divide, rip”)
• कर्त (karta, “hole, cavity”)
  • ⇒ गर्त (garta)
• कर्तन (kartana, “the act of cutting”)
• कर्तनी (kartanī, “scissors”)
• कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut, tear, divide”)
  • ⇒ कण्ट (kaṇṭa), कण्टक (kaṇṭaka, “thorn, prickle, fishbone”)
• कृतिका (kṛtikā), कृत्तिका (kṛttikā, “cutter”)
  • ⇒ कार्त्तिक (kārttika), कार्तिक (kārtika)

Etymology 2

See -कृत् (-kṛt).

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) stem, m

1. a suffix which makes nouns from roots (VPrāt., Pāṇ.)

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) stem, n

1. a noun made from a root with a suffix -कृत् (-kṛt)

Declension

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Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin. Probably related to Hittite [script needed] (kar-za, kar-za-na-aš, “a weaver's tool for making thread”). Comparisons to Ancient Greek κάρταλλος (kártallos, “a basket with a pointed bottom”) and Latin crātis (“wickerwork”) have also been made.

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

1. to twist threads, spin
2. to wind (as a snake)
3. to surround, encompass, attire

Derived terms

• कृणत्ति (kṛṇatti) — to surround, encompass

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0301, 0304.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 22
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 315-316; 389