कृत्य

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɾɪt̪.jᵊ/

Noun

कृत्य • (kŕtya) m

1. duty

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make”).

Adjective

कृत्य • (kṛtya)

1. ‘to be done or performed’
2. practicable, feasible.
3. right, proper to be done.
4. one who may be seduced from allegiance or alliance, who may be bribed or hired (as an assassin).
5. (medicine) to be treated or attended with.

Noun

कृत्य • (kṛtya) stem, m

1. (scil. प्रत्यय) the class of affixes forming the future. (as तव्य, अनीय, य, एलिम, etc.).
2. a kind of evil spirit (named either with or without the addition of यक्ष, मानुष, असुर, etc.). (perhaps v.l. for °त्या below)

Noun

कृत्य • (kṛtya) stem, n

1. what ought to be done, what is proper or fit, duty, office.
2. action, business, performance, service.
3. purpose, end, object, motive, cause.

Descendants

• Pali: kicca
  • Burmese: ကိစ္စ (kicca.)
• Telugu: కృత్యము (kr̥tyamu)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.