इध्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

इन्ध् (indh)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn, kindle”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I kindle, burn”), Latin aestus (“heat, fire”), Old Irish áed (“fire”), Old English ād (“pyre”) and āl (“fire”).

Root

इध् • (idh)

to kindle

Derived terms

Terms derived from इध् (idh)

अग्नीध् (agnī́dh, “the priest who kindles the fire”)
इद्ध (iddhá, “kindled, alight”)
इध्म (idhmá, “fuel”)

इन्द्धे (inddhé, “he kindles”)
इन्ध (índha, “lighting, kindling”)
इन्धन (indhana, “kindling, lighting”)

इन्धित (indhita, “inflamed, kindled”)
एध (édha, “fuel”)
एधस् (édhas, “fuel”)

References

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 167
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 8

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