लुण्ट्
Sanskrit
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “PII and PIE”) Recorded in Dhatupatha (ix, 42) but rarely attested in texts. Also given are variants रुण्ट् (ruṇṭ), लुण्ड् (luṇḍ) and रुण्ड् (ruṇḍ).
Pronunciation
Root
From the root 1P + -लुण्टति (-luṇṭati)
Descendants
- Sanskrit: *लुट्ट् (luṭṭ)
- → Baluchi: لُٹّ (luṭ) "loot", لُٹّگ (luṭag) "to loot"
- Bengali: লুট (lūṭ) "plunder, loot", লুটা (luṭā) "to rob", লুটেরা (luṭērā) "plunderer, robber"
- Marathi: लूट (lūṭ) "spoil, plunder, loot"
- Punjabi: ਲੁੱਟ (luṭ), لٹ (lṭ) "spoil, plunder, loot"
- Urdu: لوٹ (lūṭ) "spoil, plunder, loot"
- Hindi: लूट (lūṭ) "spoil, plunder, loot"
- → English: loot