नृत्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• नर्त् (nart)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নৃত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নৃত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နၖတ် (Burmese script)
• નૃત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨ੍ਰਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍃𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦽꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑃂𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನೃತ್ (Kannada script)
• ន្ឫត៑ (Khmer script)
• ນ຺ຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• നൃത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘵𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନୃତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆸𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නෘත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩙𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ந்ரித் (Tamil script)
• నృత్ (Telugu script)
• นฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
• ནྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to twist, turn”), and cognate with English narrow. However, Mayrhofer does not mention this derivation at all, and prefers to derive the root from a t-extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vital energy; man”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nr̩t/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪r̩t̪/

Root

नृत् • (nṛt)

1. to dance (about)
2. to act on stage, represent

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root नृत्‎ (0 c, 2 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati, Present)
• नर्तिष्यति (nartiṣyáti, Future)
• नत्स्यति (natsyáti, Future)
• नर्तिता (nartitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अनर्तीत् (ánartīt, Aorist)
• ननर्त (nanárta, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• नृत्यते (nṛtyáte, Passive)
• अनर्ति (ánarti, Passive Aorist)
• नर्तयति (nartáyati, Causative)
• अननर्तत् (ánanartat, Causative Aorist)
• अनीनृतत् (ánīnṛtat, Causative Aorist)
• निनृत्सति (ninṛtsati, Desiderative)
• निनर्तिषति (ninartiṣati, Desiderative)
• नरिनर्त्ति (narinartti, Intensive)
• नरीनर्त्ति (narīnartti, Intensive)
• नरीनृत्यते (narīnṛtyate, Intensive)
• नर्नर्त्ति (narnartti, Intensive)
• नर्नृतीति (narnṛtīti, Intensive)
• नरिनृतीति (narinṛtīti, Intensive)
• नरीनृतीति (narīnṛtīti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• नर्तितुम् (nartitum, Infinitive)
• नर्त्तुम् (narttum, Infinitive)
• नर्तित्वा (nartitvā́, Gerund)
• नर्तम् (nartam, Gerund)
• नर्तितव्य (nartitavya, Gerundive)
• नृत्त (nṛttá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• नृत् (nṛt)
• नृत्य (nṛtya)
• नर्त (narta)
• नर्तक (nartaka)
• नर्तिन् (nartin)
• नर्तन (nartana)
• नृति (nṛti)
• नृतु (nṛtu)
• नृतू (nṛtū)
• नृत्ति (nṛtti)
• नर्तयितृ (nartayitṛ)
• निनर्तिषा (ninartiṣā)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root नृत्‎ (14 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0568/2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नृत्”, 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 092
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “नृत्”, 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 22; 53
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 177-8

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0975, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0975