कद्-

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কদ্- (Assamese script)
ᬓᬤ᭄- (Balinese script)
কদ্- (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰟𑰿- (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀤𑁆- (Brahmi script)
ကဒ်- (Burmese script)
કદ્- (Gujarati script)
ਕਦ੍- (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌦𑍍- (Grantha script)
ꦏꦢ꧀- (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂠𑂹- (Kaithi script)
ಕದ್- (Kannada script)
កទ៑- (Khmer script)
ກທ຺- (Lao script)
കദ്- (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᡩ᠊ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘟𑘿- (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢑ᠊ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑦿𑧠- (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐡𑑂- (Newa script)
କଦ୍- (Odia script)
ꢒꢣ꣄- (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆢𑇀- (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖟𑖿- (Siddham script)
කද්- (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩭 𑪙- (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚛𑚶- (Takri script)
கத்³- (Tamil script)
కద్- (Telugu script)
กทฺ- (Thai script)
ཀ་ད྄- (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒠𑓂- (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨛𑨴- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A semantic specialization of Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (“interrogative”), likely through a pathway "what (thing)" > "some (thing)" > "some (unimportant or wretched) thing".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐd/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐd̪/

Prefix

कद्- • (kad-)

anything wrong or bad

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with कद्-

कदाचार

कर्पट

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ká-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 284: “Ähnlich wie kim⁰ und ku⁰ als Präfixe mit verschlechternder Bedeutung (AiGr II 1,82ff.), erscheint auch ká-¹ (kat⁰) in peiorativer Funktion... Sū kad-ratha- schlechter Wagen”

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ká-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 284: “Ähnlich wie kim⁰ und ku⁰ als Präfixe mit verschlechternder Bedeutung (AiGr II 1,82ff.), erscheint auch ká-¹ (kat⁰) in peiorativer Funktion... Sū kad-ratha- schlechter Wagen”

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