भनक्ति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰanákti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰanákti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-g-ti, nasal infix present of *bʰeg-.[1] Cognate with Manichaean Middle Persian bxt-gyh (“conflict, division”), Manichaean Sogdian [script needed] (βxt-wnyy, “schism, discord”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɐ.n̪ɐ́k.t̪i/, [bʱɐ.n̪ɐ́k̚.t̪i]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /bʱɐˈn̪ɐk.t̪i/, [bʱɐˈn̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

भनक्ति • (bhanákti) (root भञ्ज्, class 7, type P, present)[3]

  1. to break, split; to breach
  2. to defeat, crush (an enemy)
  3. to break up, dissolve

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰeg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 66-67
  2. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*baǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
  3. Monier Williams (1899), “भनक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 744.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.