अम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (to seize, take hold; swear).[1] Cognate with Old Norse ama (to bother, wound) and possibly Latin amō (to love).

Pronunciation

Root

अम् • (am)

  1. to injure, be harmful, perishable
  2. to go
  3. to serve, swear
  4. to seize violently

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अम् not found
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अम् (1 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • अमीति (ámīti) (Present)
Secondary Forms
  • आमयति (āmáyati) (Causative)
Derived Nominal Forms

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AMI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 96

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अम्”, 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