क्री

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • क्रय् (kray)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂-. Cognate with Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn), Proto-Slavic *krьnǫti, Tocharian B käry- (to buy), karyor (buying).

Pronunciation

Root

क्री • (krī)

  1. to buy

Derived terms

  • क्रय (krayá, buying, purchase)
  • क्रयण (kráyaṇa, buying)
  • क्रयणीय (krayaṇīya, to be bought)
  • क्रयिन् (krayin, buyer, purchaser)
  • क्रय्य (krayya, for sale, purchasable)
  • क्रायक (krāyaka, buyer, trader)
  • क्रीणाति (krīṇā́ti, to buy)
  • क्रेतव्य (kretavya, purchasable)
  • क्रेतृ (kretṛ, buyer, purchaser)
  • क्रेय (kreya, purchasable)
  • यवक्री (yavakrī, a buyer or purchaser of barley)
  • सद्यःक्री (sadyaḥkrī, bought on the same day)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्री”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 321/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 25
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “क्री”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “क्री”, 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] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 410-411; 413
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