कृणुहि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• কৃণুহি (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬺᬡᬸᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• কৃণুহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰴𑰜𑰲𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀾𑀡𑀼𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ကၖဏုဟိ (Burmese script)
• કૃણુહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਰਣੁਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍃𑌣𑍁𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦽꦟꦸꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑃂𑂝𑂳𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೃಣುಹಿ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឫណុហិ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຣິຓຸຫິ (Lao script)
• കൃണുഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡵᡳᢏᡠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘵𑘜𑘳𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠷᠢᢏᠤᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧖𑦼𑧔𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐺𑐞𑐸𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• କୃଣୁହି (Odia script)
• ꢒꢺꢠꢸꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆸𑆟𑆶𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖴𑖜𑖲𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• කෘණුහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩙𑩪𑩒𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚘𑚰𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• க்ரிணுஹி (Tamil script)
• కృణుహి (Telugu script)
• กฺฤณุหิ (Thai script)
• ཀྲྀ་ཎུ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒵𑒝𑒳𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨼𑨉𑨘𑨃𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥nudʰí, which was formed from the verb *kr̥náwti (“to do, make”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬏𐬌𐬜𐬌 (kər^ənūⁱδi, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (kər^ənaoⁱti, “to do, make”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kr̩.ɳu.ɦí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkr̩.ɳu.ɦi/

Verb

कृणुहि • (kṛṇuhí)

1. second-person singular imperative of कृणोति (kṛṇoti, “to do, make”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.17.3:

     आ॒विः सूर्यं॑ कृणु॒हि पी॑पि॒हीषो॑ ज॒हि शत्रूँ॑र॒भि गा इ॑न्द्र तृन्धि ॥

     āvíḥ sū́ryaṃ kṛṇuhí pīpihī́ṣo jahí śátrūm̐rabhí gā́ indra tṛndhi.

     O Indra, make the Sun visible, make food abundant, smite the foes, pierce through and free the cattle.