यकृत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyákr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ (“liver”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (yākarə), Persian جگر‎ (jegar), Latin iecur, Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar), Old Armenian լեարդ (leard).

Pronunciation

Noun

यकृत् • (yákṛt) n

  1. the liver
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.163.3
      यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां यक्नः प्लाशिभ्यो वि वृहामि ते ॥
      yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ yaknaḥ plāśibhyo vi vṛhāmi te .
      From kidneys, liver, and from the spleen, I drive thy malady away.

Declension

Declension of यकृत्
Nom. sg. यकृत् (yakṛt)
Gen. sg. यक्नः (yaknaḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative यकृत् (yakṛt) — —
Vocative — — —
Accusative यकृत् (yakṛt) — —
Instrumental यक्ना (yaknā) — —
Dative — — —
Ablative यक्नः/यकृतः (yaknaḥ/yakṛtaḥ) — —
Genitive यक्नः (yaknaḥ) — —
Locative यकृति (yakṛti) — —

Descendants

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 838
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