पीड्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pisd- (to squeeze) from *pi- + the zero-grade of *sed- (to sit). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῐέζω (piézō, to squeeze) whence English piezo-.

Pronunciation

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Root

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पीड् (pīḍ)

  1. to press, squeeze
  2. to hurt, harm, injure, oppress, vex, torment, harass
  3. to break (a vow)
  4. to neglect (one's family)
  5. (astrology) to cover (esp. with something inauspicious), to eclipse, obscure

Derived terms

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  • पीडा (pīḍā, suffering, annoyance, pain, injury)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “पीड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0629/2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पीड्”, 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 098
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पीड्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 136-7