क्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• क्रय् (kray)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• ক্রী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကြီ (Burmese script)
• ક્રી (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦿꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ರೀ (Kannada script)
• ក្រី (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຣີ (Lao script)
• ക്രീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• କ୍ରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍රී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• க்ரீ (Tamil script)
• క్రీ (Telugu script)
• กฺรี (Thai script)
• ཀྲཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂-. Cognate with Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn), Proto-Slavic *krьnǫti, Tocharian B käry- (“to buy”), karyor (“buying”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɾiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kɾiː/

Root

क्री • (krī)

1. to buy

Derived terms

• क्रय (krayá, “buying, purchase”)
• क्रयण (kráyaṇa, “buying”)
• क्रयणीय (krayaṇīya, “to be bought”)
• क्रयिन् (krayin, “buyer, purchaser”)
• क्रय्य (krayya, “for sale, purchasable”)
• क्रायक (krāyaka, “buyer, trader”)
• क्रीणाति (krīṇā́ti, “to buy”)
• क्रेतव्य (kretavya, “purchasable”)
• क्रेतृ (kretṛ, “buyer, purchaser”)
• क्रेय (kreya, “purchasable”)
• यवक्री (yavakrī, “a buyer or purchaser of barley”)
• सद्यःक्री (sadyaḥkrī, “bought on the same day”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 25
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्री”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 410-411; 413

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 648, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 648
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273