क्षय

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • decay, corrosion
  • ruin, destruction
  • diminution, decline, wasting away

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰayás inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰayás inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (perish, decline).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰgʷʰey-

Gloss

perish, decline

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