क्षिति

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Sanskrit [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (perishing, decrease). Cognates include Latin sitis (thirst) and Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthisis, decrease, emaciation).

Noun [edit]

क्षिति (kṣíti) f

  1. Earth
  2. destruction, see also क्षति

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0327