करूळतिन्

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karuẓHḍatī́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *k⁽ʰ⁾aružHdánt- ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwaHdánt- (having damaged teeth), from *k⁽ʰ⁾arúš ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwás (mutilated, damaged, maimed)[1][2] + *Hdánts (tooth). Cognate with Sogdian ʾkrw-δntʾkʾ (with damaged teeth). Also compare खर्व (kharva, mutilated, crippled) and Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kauruua, mutilated).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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करूळतिन् (kárūḷatin) stem

  1. having damaged teeth, gap-toothed (applied as an epithet to Pushan, who is said to have broken teeth or no teeth)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.30.24:
      वा॒मंवा॑मं त आदुरे दे॒वो द॑दात्वर्य॒मा ।
      वा॒मं पू॒षा वा॒मं भगो॑ वा॒मं दे॒वः करू॑ळती
      vāmáṃvāmaṃ ta ādure devó dadātvaryamā́.
      vāmáṃ pūṣā́ vāmáṃ bhágo vāmáṃ deváḥ kárūḷatī.
      O Watchful One, may Aryaman the god give thee all goodly things.
      May Pūṣan, Bhaga, and the god with damaged teeth give all things fair.

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 313
  2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “kári.datin-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University