नृत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

नर्त् (nart)

Alternative scripts

নৃত্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
নৃত্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နၖတ် (Burmese script)
નૃત્ (Gujarati script)
ਨ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನೃತ್ (Kannada script)
ន្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
ນ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
നൃത് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ନୃତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
නෘත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
ந்ரித் (Tamil script)
నృత్ (Telugu script)
นฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
ནྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to twist, turn”), and cognate with English narrow. However, Mayrhofer does not mention this derivation at all, and prefers to derive the root from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vital energy; man”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nr̩t/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪r̩t̪/

Root

नृत् • (nṛt)

to dance (about)
to act on stage, represent

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

नृत्य॑ति (nṛ́tyati, present)
न॒र्ति॒ष्यति॑ (nartiṣyáti, future)
न॒र्त्स्यति॑ (nartsyáti, future)
न॒र्ति॒ता (nartitā́, periphrastic future)
अन॑र्तीत् (ánartīt, aorist)
न॒नर्त॑ (nanárta, perfect)

Secondary forms

नृ॒त्यते॑ (nṛtyáte, passive)
अन॑र्ति (ánarti, passive aorist)
न॒र्तय॑ति (nartáyati, causative)
अन॑नर्तत् (ánanartat, causative aorist)
अनी॑नृतत् (ánīnṛtat, causative aorist)
निनृत्सति (ninṛtsati, desiderative)
निनर्तिषति (ninartiṣati, desiderative)
नरिनर्त्ति (narinartti, intensive)
नरीनर्त्ति (narīnartti, intensive)
नरीनृत्यते (narīnṛtyate, intensive)
नर्नर्त्ति (narnartti, intensive)
नर्नृतीति (narnṛtīti, intensive)
नरिनृतीति (narinṛtīti, intensive)
नरीनृतीति (narīnṛtīti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

नृ॒त्त (nṛttá, past participle)
नर्तितुम् (nartitum, infinitive)
नर्त्तुम् (narttum, infinitive)
न॒र्ति॒त्वा (nartitvā́, gerund)
नर्तम् (nartam, gerund)
नर्तितव्य (nartitavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

नृत् (nṛt)
नृत्य (nṛtya)
नर्त (narta)
नर्तक (nartaka)
नर्तिन् (nartin)
नर्तन (nartana)
नृति (nṛti)
नृतु (nṛtu)
नृतू (nṛtū)
नृत्ति (nṛtti)
नर्तयितृ (nartayitṛ)
निनर्तिषा (ninartiṣā)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नृत् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नृत् (17 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 568, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “नृत्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 92

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “नृत्”, 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
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “NART”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 21-22
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 177-8

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 975