विनक्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (to separate, choose, set aside), an extension of *wey- (to separate). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (sacred, holy), Old Norse (temple, sanctuary), Latin victima, English witch.

Pronunciation

  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.nɐ́k.ti/, [ʋi.nɐ́k̚.ti]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋiˈn̪ɐk.t̪i/, [ʋiˈn̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

विनक्ति (vinakti) (root विच्, class 7, type P, present)

  1. to discern, discriminate, judge

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), विनक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0958.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), विनक्ति”, 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 158
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), विनक्ति”, 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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