क्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्रय् (kray)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂- (to buy).[1][2][3] Cognate with Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn), Proto-Slavic *krьnǫti, Tocharian B käry- (to buy), karyor (buying).

Pronunciation

Root

क्री • (krī)

  1. to buy

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • क्रयति (krayati, present)
  • क्री॒णाति॑ (krīṇā́ti, present)
  • क्री॒णी॒ते (krīṇīté, present)
  • क्रेष्यति (kreṣyati, future)
  • क्रे॒ता (kretā́, periphrastic future)
  • अक्रैषीत् (akraiṣīt, aorist)
  • चिक्राय (cikrāya, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • क्री॒यते॑ (krīyáte, passive)
  • क्रापयति (krāpayati, causative)
  • अचिक्रपत् (acikrapat, causative aorist)
  • चिक्रीषते (cikrīṣate, desiderative)
  • चेक्रीयते (cekrīyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
  • क्री॒त (krītá, past participle)
  • क्रेतुम् (kretum, infinitive)
  • क्री॒त्वा (krītvā́, gerund)
  • क्रीय॑ (krī́ya, gerund)
  • क्रेतव्य (kretavya, gerundive)
  • क्रय्य (krayya, gerundive)
  • क्रेय (kreya, gerundive)
  • क्रयणीय (krayaṇīya, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
  • क्रय (krayá, buying, purchase)
  • क्रयिन् (krayin, buyer, purchaser)
  • क्रयण (kráyaṇa, buying)
  • क्रायक (krāyaka, buyer, trader)
  • यवक्री (yavakrī, a buyer or purchaser of barley)
  • सद्यःक्री (sadyaḥkrī, bought on the same day)
  • क्रेतृ (kretṛ, buyer, purchaser)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root क्री (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root क्री (4 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “KRĪ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 413
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “KRAYI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 410
  3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “krayi”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 281

Further reading

  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “क्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “क्री”, 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