कृ

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kar-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-.

Alternative forms

Root

कृ • (√kṛ)

  1. to do, make
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ‎ (0 c, 38 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • क्रियते (kriyáte, Passive)
  • कारयति (kāráyati, Causative)
  • चिकीर्षति (cikīrṣati, Desiderative)
  • करिक्रति (karikrati, Intensive)
  • चर्करीति (carkarīti, Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
  • अकरणि (akaraṇi, “non-accomplishment, failure”)
  • कर (kará, “doer, maker; hand”)
  • करण (karaṇa, “doing, making”)
  • करणीय (karaṇīya, “to be done or made”)
  • करस् (káras, “a deed, action”)
  • करिष्ठ (káriṣṭha, “doing very much”)
  • करिष्णु (kariṣṇu, “doing, accomplishing”)
  • करुण (karúṇa, “action, holy work”)
  • करोति (karóti, “he makes, does”)
  • कर्तृ (kartṛ, “doer, maker”)
  • कर्त्र (kártra, “spell, charm”)
  • कर्त्व (kártva, “obligation, duty”)
  • कर्तव्य (kartavya, “obligation, duty”)
  • कर्मकृत् (karmakṛt, “performing any work, skillful in work”)
  • कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action”)
  • कर्वर (kárvara, “deed, action”)
  • कार (kāra, “act, action”)
  • कारक (kāraka, “making, doing, acting”)
  • कारण (kāraṇa, “cause, reason”)
  • कारिन् (kārin, “doing, making, effecting”)
  • कारु (kāru, “artisan, mechanic”)
  • कारुक (kāruka, “artisan, artificer”)
  • कार्य (kārya, “work or business to be done, duty”)
  • कृति (kṛ́ti, “act of doing”)
  • कृत्य (kṛ́tya, “to be done”)
  • कृत्या (kṛtyā́, “action, act, deed”)
  • तुविकूर्मि (tuvikūrmi, “powerful in working”)
  • तुविकूर्मिन् (tuvikūrmin, “powerful in working”)
  • दशकृत्वस् (daśakṛtvas, “ten times”)
  • बहुकृत्वस् (bahukṛtvas, “many times”)
  • पञ्चकृत्वस् (pañcakṛtvas, “fivefold”)
  • पापकर्मिन् (pāpakarmin, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
  • पापकृत् (pāpakṛt, “wrong-doing, wicked”)
  • संस्कृत (saṃskṛtá, “put together, well constructed; Sanskrit”)
  • सुकृत् (sukṛt, “doing good, benevolent”)
  • कृत्नु (kṛtnú, “working well, able to work, skilful”)
  • कृत्रिम (kṛtríma, “made artificially, factitious, artificial”)
  • कृत्वन् (kṛ́tvan, “causing, effecting”)
  • कृत्वरी (kṛ́tvarī, “the magic powers”)
  • तनूकृथ (tanūkṛtha, “preservation of the person”)
  • पुत्रकृथ (putrakṛtha, “bringing forth or procreation of children”)
  • क्रतु (krátu, “plan, design, intention”)
  • क्रिया (kriyā, “doing, performing, performance”)
  • चक्रि (cákri, “doing, effecting”)
  • चिकीर्ष् (cikīrṣ, “wishing to do”)
  • चिकीर्षा (cikīrṣā, “intention or desire to make or do or perform”)
  • चिकीर्षु (cikīrṣu, “intending to make or do or perform”)
  • कारयितृ (kārayitṛ, “performer of a religious ceremony”)
  • कारयितव्य (kārayitavya, “to be caused or effected or made to do”)
  • उपस्कृत (upaskṛta, “furnished”)
  • परिष्कृत (pariṣkṛta, “prepared, adorned, embellished”)
  • संस्करण (saṃskaraṇa, “the act of putting together, preparing”)
  • संस्कर्तव्य (saṃskartavya, “to be arranged or prepared”)
  • संस्कर्तृ (saṃskartṛ, “preparer, dresser”)
  • संस्कारक (saṃskāraka, “preparing, making ready”)
  • संस्कार्य (saṃskārya, “to be prepared or perfected”)
  • संस्कृति (saṃskṛti, “making ready, preparation, perfection”)
  • संस्क्रिया (saṃskriyā, “making ready, preparation”)
  • परिष्क्रिया (pariṣkriyā, “adorning, decorating”)
  • संस्कार (saṃskāra, “putting together, forming well, making perfect”)
  • परिष्कार (pariṣkāra, “ornament, decoration”)
  • उपस्कार (upaskāra, “anything additional, a supplement”)
  • अपस्कर (apaskara, “any part of a carriage, a wheel”)
  • उपस्कर (upaskara, “utensil, implement, instrument”)
  • परिष्कर (pariṣkara, “ornament, decoration”)
  • आस्क्र (āskra, “attacking, assaulting”)

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *kreH- (“to shout”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *hrōmiz (“fame”), whence German Ruhm (“fame, glory”).

Root

कृ • (kṛ)

  1. to commemorate, honor, treat with respect, make mention of, praise, speak highly of
Derived terms
  • अकारिषम् (akāriṣam)
  • अकार्षम् (akārṣam)
  • कारु (kāru)
  • कीरि (kīri)
  • कीर्ति (kīrti)
  • चक्रत् (cakrat)
  • चक्रियास् (cakriyās)
  • चर्कर्मि (carkarmi)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 300-304.
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  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 307-309; 310-311; 388
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