अर्चति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárčati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érkʷeti, from *h₁erkʷ-.[1] Cognate to Hittite [script needed] (arkuwanzi), Khotanese [script needed] (āljs, “to sing”).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

अर्चति • (árcati) (root अर्च्, class 1 P)[3]

  1. to shine
  2. to praise, laud; sing praise

References

  1. ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240
  2. ↑ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “Harč-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
  3. ↑ Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 89
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