चर्

Nepali

Pronunciation

Verb

चर् • (car)

  1. inflection of चर्नु (carnu):
    1. stem
    2. low-respectful second-person singular imperative

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • চৰ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬘᬃ (Balinese script)
  • চর্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • စရ် (Burmese script)
  • ચર્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਚਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌚𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦕꦂ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂒𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಚರ್ (Kannada script)
  • ចរ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຈຣ຺ (Lao script)
  • ചര് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢜᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘓𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦳𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଚର୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • චර් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩡𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚏𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
  • சர் (Tamil script)
  • చర్ (Telugu script)
  • จรฺ (Thai script)
  • ཙ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨣𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Latin colō and Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, “I move, approach”).

Pronunciation

Root

चर् • (car)

  1. to move
  2. to practise

Derived terms
  • चर (cara, “moving, locomotive”)
  • चरक (cáraka, “a wanderer, wandering religious student”)
  • चरण (caraṇa, “foot”)
  • चरणि (caraṇi, “active”)
  • चरति (carati, “he moves, practises”)
  • चरथ (carátha, “moving, living”)
  • चराचर (carācará, “movable and immovable, locomotive and stationary”)
  • चरित (caritá, “gone, gone to, attained”)
  • चरितव्य (caritavya, “to be practised or performed”)
  • चरित्र (caritra, “acting, behaving, behaviour, habit, practice, acts”)
  • चरिष्णु (cariṣṇu, “moving, locomotive”)
  • चर्तव्य (cartavya, “to be practised”)
  • चर्य (cárya, “to be practised or performed”)
  • चर्या (caryā, “going about, wandering, walking or roaming about”)
  • चार (cāra, “movement, motion; one who moves about, spy”)
  • चारक (cāraka, “spy”)
  • चारण (cāraṇa, “a wandering actor or singer”)
  • चारिन् (cārin, “moving, walking or wandering about, living, being”)
  • चार्य (cārya, “espionage”)
  • चिचरिषु (cicariṣu, “trying to go”)
  • चीर्ण (cīrṇa, “practised, observed (as a vow, austerity)”)
  • तपश्चरण (tapaścaraṇa, “the practice of austerities”)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “चर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 389/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 45
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 534-535
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