खाद्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰād-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ed-.[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬍-𐬑𐬀𐬛𐬀-‎‎ (vī-xada-‎, “to squeeze apart”), Parthian 𐫟𐫀𐫉𐫏𐫗𐫅‎ (xʾzynd, “to devour”), modern Persian خاییدن‎ (xâyidan), and Old Armenian խածանեմ (xacanem).[2]

Pronunciation

Root

खाद् • (khād)[3]

  1. to eat, chew, devour

Derived terms
  • खादति (khā́dati, 1 P)
  • खादते (khā́date, 1 Ā)
  • अखादीत् (akhādīt, aorist)
  • चखाद (cakhāda, perfect)
  • खादयति (khādayati, causative)
  • चिखादिषति (cikhādiṣati, desiderative)
  • खाद्य (khādya)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*k(u̯)h₂ed-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 359
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*xād”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445
  3. Monier Williams (1899), “खाद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 339.
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