गूर्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Attempts to connect the root to कूर्द् (kūrd, to leap) or गर्द् (gard, to cry, exult) (whence perhaps गर्दभ (gardabha, ass, donkey)) are fraught with difficulties.

Pronunciation

Root

गूर्द् • (gūrd)

  1. to play, sport, jump
  2. to leap after

Derived terms

  • गुर्दति (gurdati)
  • गुर्दते (gurdate)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गूर्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 360/1, 361/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 38
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 386; 493
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