त्वर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (to stir, agitate). Cognate with English stir, steer and possibly storm, as well as perhaps Ancient Greek ὀτρῡ́νω (otrū́nō, to stir up, rouse; to hasten).

Pronunciation

Root

त्वर् • (tvar)

  1. to hurry, make haste, move with speed

Derived terms

  • अतत्वरत् (atatvarat)
  • अत्वरिढ्वम् (atvariḍhvam)
  • अत्वरिद्ध्वम् (atvariddhvam)
  • अत्वरिध्वम् (atvaridhvam)
  • तत्वरे (tatvare)
  • त्वर (tvara)
  • त्वरति (tvarati)
  • त्वरते (tvarate)
  • त्वरय (tvaraya)
  • त्वरयति (tvarayati)
  • त्वरा (tvarā)
  • त्वरिष्ठास् (tvariṣṭhās)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “त्वर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0463/3.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “त्वर्”, 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 068
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “त्वर्”, 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 (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 684-5
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