छद्

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness”). Cognate with English shade and shadow.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐd/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐd̪/

छद् • (chad)

1. to cover
2. to cover over, clothe, veil
3. to hide, conceal
4. to protect

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• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “छद्”, 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 049
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “छद्”, 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
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