पृच्छति

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • to ask, question, interrogate (+ accusative)
  • to ask after inquire about (+ accusative)
  • to ask or interrogate any one (accusative) about anything
  • (astrology) to consult the future
  • (with (tr=nāmato mātaram)) to inquire about one's (genitive) mother's name
  • (with न (न)) not to trouble oneself with
  • to seek, wish, long for
  • to ask, ask for, demand, beg, entreat (+ accusative)
  • (passive) to be asked or questioned about

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥śćáti inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥šćáti inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti (ask).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pr̥sḱéti

Gloss

ask

Concept
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Ontological Category

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