त्वर्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬢ᭄ᬯᬃ (Balinese script)
- ত্ৱৰ্ (Assamese script)
- ত্বর্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰿𑰪𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ત્વર્ (Gujarati script)
- ਤੑਵਰੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦠ꧀ꦮꦂ (Javanese script)
- ត្វរ៑ (Khmer script)
- ತ್ವರ್ (Kannada script)
- ຕ຺ວຣ຺ (Lao script)
- ത്വര് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘝𑘿𑘪𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢐᢦᠷ (Mongolian script)
- ᢠᠣᠸᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
- တွရ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦽𑧠𑧊𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑑂𑐰𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
- ତ୍ଵର୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢡ꣄ꢮꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑇀𑆮𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖿𑖪𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ත්වර් (Sinhalese script)
- త్వర్ (Telugu script)
- ตฺวรฺ (Thai script)
- ཏྭ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑓂𑒫𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to stir, agitate”). Cognate with English stir, steer and possibly storm.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /tʋɐɾ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t̪ʋɐɾ/
Root
त्वर् • (tvar)
- to hurry, make haste, move with speed
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “त्वर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0463.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “त्वर्”, 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 068
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “त्वर्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 378
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 655
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1100