स्थग्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover) and compared to Ancient Greek στέγω (stégō, to cover closely). However, Mayrhofer doubts this, and suggests an alternative that this root, along with स्तक् (stak, to strike against) and ढक्कन (ḍhakkana, shutting (of a door)) (the latter which he considers a spoken variant), could be derived from the same non-Indo-Aryan source.

Pronunciation

Root

स्थग् • (sthag)

  1. to cover, hide, conceal
  2. to cover, veil, make invisible, cause to disappear

Derived terms

  • स्थगति (sthagati)
  • स्थगयति (sthagayati)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “स्थग्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1261/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 194
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 523-524
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