अम्

See also: अम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (to seize, take hold; swear).[1] Cognate with Old Norse ama (to bother, wound) and possibly Latin amō (to love).

Pronunciation

Root

अम् • (am)

  1. to injure, be harmful, perishable
  2. to go
  3. to serve, swear
  4. to seize violently

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • अमी॑ति (ámīti, present)
Secondary forms
  • आ॒मय॑ति (āmáyati, causative)
Derived nominal forms
Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अम् not found
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अम् (1 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AMI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अम्”, 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