कृत्

कृत्

See also: केतु, क्त, किंतु, कति, and कृति

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

See -कृत् (-kṛt).

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) m

1. a suffix which makes nouns from roots (VPrāt., Pāṇ.)

Noun

कृत् • (kṛt) n

1. a noun made from a root with a suffix -कृत् (-kṛt)

Declension

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Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

1. to cut in pieces, to divide

Derived terms

• कर्तति (kartati, “to cut, divide, rip”)
• कर्तन (kartana, “the act of cutting”)
• कर्तनी (kartanī, “scissors”)
• कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut, divide”)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

कृत् • (kṛt)

1. to surround, to encompass

Derived terms

• कृणत्ति (kṛṇatti) — to surround, encompass

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 0301, 0304.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 22