त्रस्

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tres- (to tremble (with fear)).

Cognates include Latin terreō whence English terror, terrible, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Root[edit]

त्रस् (tras)

  1. to tremble, quiver, be afraid of

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “त्रस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0457.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “त्रस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 067
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “त्रस्”, 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