चर्व्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Traditionally connected with चूर्ण (cūrṇa, minute, powder),[1][2] but per Turner to be separated from that term and considered of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

Root

चर्व् • (carv)

  1. to chew

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
  • चर्व्यते (carvyate, passive)
  • चर्वयति (carvayati, causative)
Non-finite forms
  • चर्वित (carvita, past participle)
  • चर्वितुम् (carvitum, infinitive)
  • चर्व्य (carvya, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
  • चर्वण (carvaṇa)
  • चर्वणा (carvaṇā)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चर्व् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चर्व् (1 c, 0 e)

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “चर्व्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0391.
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 379