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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /luɳʈ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /l̪uɳʈ/

Root

From the root 1P +‎ -लुण्टति (-luṇṭati)

1. rob, plunder.

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

Derived terms

• लुण्टति (luṇṭati)
  • Sanskrit: *लुट्टति (luṭṭati)