केत
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কেত (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬾᬢ (Balinese script)
- কেত (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰸𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ကေတ (Burmese script)
- કેત (Gujarati script)
- ਕੇਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍇𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦺꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂵𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೇತ (Kannada script)
- កេត (Khmer script)
- ເກຕ (Lao script)
- കേത (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡝᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘹𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠧᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧚𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐾𑐟 (Newa script)
- କେତ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢾꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆼𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖸𑖝 (Siddham script)
- කෙත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩔𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚲𑚙 (Takri script)
- கேத (Tamil script)
- కేత (Telugu script)
- เกต (Thai script)
- ཀེ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒹𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨄𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From a Proto-Indo-Iranian *kétas (“desire”), probably a velarized formation related to चित् (cit, “to perceive; to intend”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬏𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (dūraēkaēta, “whose desire goes far away”), Armenian կետ (ket, “point, dot; post, office, station”).
The other senses appear to be semantic extensions of the "desire" sense, as manifestations of desire and intention (such as a mark or an apparition), though the "house" sense, if related, presumes a larger semantic shift than the other senses.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]केत • (kéta) stem, m
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of केत (kéta) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | केतः kétaḥ |
केतौ / केता¹ kétau / kétā¹ |
केताः / केतासः¹ kétāḥ / kétāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | केत kéta |
केतौ / केता¹ kétau / kétā¹ |
केताः / केतासः¹ kétāḥ / kétāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | केतम् kétam |
केतौ / केता¹ kétau / kétā¹ |
केतान् kétān |
| Instrumental | केतेन kétena |
केताभ्याम् kétābhyām |
केतैः / केतेभिः¹ kétaiḥ / kétebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | केताय kétāya |
केताभ्याम् kétābhyām |
केतेभ्यः kétebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | केतात् kétāt |
केताभ्याम् kétābhyām |
केतेभ्यः kétebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | केतस्य kétasya |
केतयोः kétayoḥ |
केतानाम् kétānām |
| Locative | केते kéte |
केतयोः kétayoḥ |
केतेषु kéteṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
[edit]- संकेत (saṃketa)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kéta”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 399
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “केत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 308/3.