क्षल्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Probably a variant of (or at least influenced by) क्षर् (kṣar), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-. If not that, then from Proto-Indo-European *kʷsel-, whence Old Norse skola (to wash).

Root

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क्षल् (kṣal)

  1. to wash, wash off
  2. to purify, cleanse, clean
  3. Synonym of क्षर् (kṣar)

Derived terms

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