कृणोति

कृणोति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• करोति (karóti) – later Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥-néw-ti ~ *kʷr̥-nw-énti, from *kʷer- (“to do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kr̩.ɳɐ́w.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kr̩ˈɳoː.t̪i/

Verb

कृणोति • (kṛṇóti) (root कृ) (pronounced kṛṇáuti) (Vedic)

1. to do, make
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.7.4:

     स स्मा कृणोति केतुमा नक्तं चिद्दूर आ सते।

     sa smā kṛṇoti ketumā naktaṃ ciddūra ā sate.

     He gives a signal in the night even to him who is afar.

Descendants

• Classical Sanskrit: करोति (karóti) (< *kr̥róti < kr̥ṇóti) (see there for further descendants)