ऋधक्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hŕ̥dʰak, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰakš ~ *Hr̥dʰakás, related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas (“division, half”). See also अर्ध (ardha, “half”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ऋधक् • (ṛdhak)

  1. separately, aside, apart
  2. singly, one by one
  3. in a distinguished manner, particularly

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ऋधक्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 226/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 258-9
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