कुत्स्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably a denominal of कुत्स (kutsa, the Rishi Kutsa), itself perhaps from the same root as कुतस् (kutas, from whom? where?)

Pronunciation

Root

कुत्स् • (kuts)

  1. to despise, abuse, revile, contemn

Derived terms

  • कुत्सति (kutsati)
  • कुत्सयति (kutsayati)
  • कुत्सयते (kutsayate)
  • कुत्स्यति (kutsyati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुत्स्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 104
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 365
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