ह्वृ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ह्वल् (hval)
- हुस् (hus)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”); cognate with Ancient Greek φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”), Proto-Slavic *zъlъ, Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬭𐬀𐬵 (zurah, “injustice”), Lithuanian žulas (“rough”), Latvian zveļu (“to turn aside”). Doublet of ह्वल् (hval) and हुस् (hus).
Root
ह्वृ • (hvṛ) 1P
Derived terms
- ह्वरति (hvarati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ह्वृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1308.
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