खाद्

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀-‎ (vī-xada-‎, to squeeze apart), Parthian 𐫟𐫀𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅 (xʾzynd, to devour), modern Persian خاییدن (xâyidan), and Old Armenian խածանեմ (xacanem).[2]

Pronunciation

Root

खाद् (khād)[3]

  1. to eat, chew, devour

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*k(u̯)h₂ed-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 359
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*xād”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “खाद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 339.