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Sanskrit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsænskɹɪt/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sənˈskrɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Hindustani संस्कृत (sanskŕt) / سَنْسْکْرِت (sanskrit), itself a learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒स्कृ॒त (saṃskṛtá, “perfected; prepared; constructed; refined”). First use appears c. 1617 in the publications of Samuel Purchas.
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(not-comparable) Relating to Sanskrit.
Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].
1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
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Wiktionary’s coverage of Sanskrit terms · Prakrit
Synonyms
Sanskritic
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Sanskrit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsænskɹɪt/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sənˈskrɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Hindustani संस्कृत (sanskŕt) / سَنْسْکْرِت (sanskrit), itself a learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒स्कृ॒त (saṃskṛtá, “perfected; prepared; constructed; refined”). First use appears c. 1617 in the publications of Samuel Purchas.
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(uncountable) A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.
The Sanscrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps no longer exists...
- Sir William Jones, 2 February, 1786, at the Asiatick Society.
2004, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, “Introduction”, in Indo-European Language and Culture, page 8:
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Sanskritise · Sanskritocentric · Sanskritologist · sanskritist · Sanskritization · Sanskritised · Classical Sanskrit · Sanskritisation · Sanskritism · Sanskritize · Sanskritic · Sanskritist · Vedic Sanskrit · Sanskritized
Translations (123)
new संस्कृत (language) · lt sanskritas (language) · te సంస్కృతము (language) · no sanskrit (language) · pa ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ (language) · fa سهاسکرت (language) · co sanscritu (language) · kw Sanskrytek (language) · bpy সংস্কৃত (language) · sv sanskrit (language) · fi sanskriitti (language) · fo sanskrit (language) · ia sanscrito (language) · pnb سنسکرت (language) · id bahasa Sanskerta (language) · bcl Sanskrito (language) · bo ལེགས་སྦྱར (language) · my သက္ကဋ (language) · scn sànscritu (language) · lo ສັກຕະ (language) · ks سَنٛسکرِت (language) · jv basa Sangskreta (language) · bg санскри́т (language) · an sanscrito (language) · cy Sansgrit (language) · nah sanscritotlahtōlli (language) · de sanskritisch (language) · he סַנְסְקְרִיט (language) · mg sanskrity (language) · sq sanskritishte (language) · kn ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ (language) · cs sanskrt (language) · nl Sanskriet (language) · te సంస్కృతం (language) · mk санскрит (language) · it sanscrito (language) · pl sanskryt (language) · fa سانسکریت (language) · qu sanskrit simi (language) · tl Sanskrito (language) · el σανσκριτικά (language) · fr sanskrit (language) · ja サンスクリット (language) · be санскры́т (language) · vi Phạn ngữ (language) · pt sânscrito (language) · sa संस्कृत (language) · sh sànskrtskī (language) · bo ལེགས་སྦྱར་སྐད (language) · ta ஆரியம் (language) · eo Sanskrito (language) · dsb sanskrit (language) · li Sanskriet (language) · la lingua Sanscrita (language) · oc sanscrit (language) · mr संस्कृत (language) · pra 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀬 (language) · kk санскрит (language) · bn সংস্কৃত (language) · zh 梵語 /梵语 (language) · am ሳንስክሪት (language) · hsb sanskrit (language) · my သက္ကတ (language) · sgs sanskrita kalba (language) · ne संस्कृत (language) · gl sánscrito (language) · is sanskrít (language) · ja 梵語 (language) · scn sanscritu (language) · vi tiếng Phạn (language) · ko 범어 (language) · zh 梵文 (language) · ka სანსკრიტი (language) · ta சமசுகிருதம் (language) · hu szanszkrit (language) · fy Sanskryt (language) · es sánscrito (language) · ast sánscritu (language) · et sanskriti keel (language) · tr Sanskrit (language) · sl sanskrt (language) · ru санскри́т (language) · ar سَنْسْكْرِيتِيّ (language) · sk sanskrt (language) · lij lengua sànscrïa (language) · km សំស្ក្រឹត (language) · sco sanskrit (language) · th สันสกฤต (language) · hy սանսկրիտ (language) · ms Sanskrit (language) · mn самгарди (language) · su basa Sangsakerta (language) · ta வடமொழி (language) · ko 산스크리트어 (language) · nds Sanskrit (language) · eu sanskrito (language) · uk санскри́т (language) · ur سنسکرت (language) · ceb pinulongang Sanskrito (language) · ml സംസ്കൃതം (language) · yi סאַנסקריט (language) · pam Sangaskulíta (language) · war Sinanskrit (language) · br sañskriteg (language) · sk sanskrit (language) · sw Kisanskrit (language) · da sanskrit (language) · or ସଂସ୍କୃତ (language) · sa देवभाषा (language) · ga Sanscrait (language) · sh са̀нскртскӣ (language) · hi संस्कृत (language) · io Sanskrito (language) · as সংস্কৃত (language) · dv ސަންސްކްރިއްތް (language) · om Saaniskiriit (language) · ro limba sanscrită (language) · sd سنسڪرت (language) · de Sanskrit (language) · gu સંસ્કૃત (language) · my သင်္သကရိုက် (language) · ca sànscrit (language) · lv sanskrits (language)
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