द्रा

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (to run); compare Ancient Greek αποδιδράσκω (apodidráskō, to depart secretly, escape).

Root[edit]

द्रा (drā)

  1. to run, make haste
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to sleep); compare Latin dormiō (to sleep).

Root[edit]

द्रा (drā)

  1. to sleep
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “द्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 0501/2, 0502/3.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “द्रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 079
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “द्रा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 757-8