क्रीणाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *krináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti, from *kʷreyh₂-. Cognate with Manichaean Middle Persian xryn (“to buy”), Old Irish crenaid, Old Church Slavonic крьнути (krĭnuti), Ancient Greek ἐπριάμην (epriámēn).[1] The long ī is unexpected and metrically represents kriṇā́ti with short i.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɽiː.ɳɑ́ː.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kɽiːˈɳɑː.t̪i/

Verb

क्रीणाति • (krīṇā́ti) (root क्री, class 9, type P)[2]

to buy, purchase

Related terms

क्रीणीते (krīṇīte, 9 Ā)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*xraiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446
Monier Williams (1899), “क्रीणाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 321.

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